# List commits — GET /v1/git/repos/{name}/commits

URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/git/get-git-repos-by-name-commits

> Walks a ref's history newest first, or one path's history when a path is given.

`GET /v1/git/repos/{name}/commits`

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|               |                                                    |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| **Address**   | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/git/repos/{name}/commits` |
| **Method**    | `GET`                                              |
| **Operation** | `get_git_repos_by_name_commits`                    |
| **Auth**      | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY`             |

Walks a ref's history newest first, or one path's history when a
path is given. There is no cursor: the page is the newest `limit` commits.

## Request

4 fields.

| Field   | In    | Type    | Required | Description                                                                 |
| ------- | ----- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `name`  | path  | string  | yes      | Name is the repo to read, from the :name path segment.                      |
| `ref`   | query | string  | —        | Ref is the branch, tag or commit to walk back from; empty means HEAD.       |
| `path`  | query | string  | —        | Path narrows the history to commits touching it; empty walks the whole ref. |
| `limit` | query | integer | —        | Limit caps the page.                                                        |

## Response

| Status    | Body            | Meaning |
| --------- | --------------- | ------- |
| `200`     | git.commitsJSON | ok      |
| `default` | problem-details | refused |

`200` body — 7 fields.

| Field                   | In   | Type              | Always | Description                                            |
| ----------------------- | ---- | ----------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `commits`               | body | git.commitJSON\[] | —      | Commits are newest first.                              |
| `commits[].authorEmail` | body | string            | —      | AuthorEmail is the commit author's email.              |
| `commits[].authorName`  | body | string            | —      | AuthorName is the commit author's name.                |
| `commits[].date`        | body | string            | —      | Date is the author date, RFC 3339 UTC.                 |
| `commits[].message`     | body | string            | —      | Message is the commit's SUBJECT — its first line only. |
| `commits[].sha`         | body | string            | —      | SHA is the full commit hash.                           |
| `commits[].shortSha`    | body | string            | —      | ShortSHA is the abbreviated hash a UI displays.        |

Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors).

## Examples

**CLI**

```bash
hanzo git repos commits <name>
```

**SDK**

**.ts**

```ts
import { Configuration, GitApi } from 'hanzoai';

const api = new GitApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY }));
const { data } = await api.getGitReposByNameCommits({ name: 'name' });
```

**.py**

```python
from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration
from hanzoai.cloud.api import GitApi

client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"]))
result = GitApi(client).get_git_repos_by_name_commits(name='name')
```

**.go**

```go
cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration()
cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY"))
client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg)

resp, _, err := client.GitAPI.GetGitReposByNameCommits(context.Background()).Execute()
if err != nil {
	return err
}
```

**.rs**

```rust
use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, git_api};

let mut cfg = Configuration::new();
cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok();

let result = git_api::get_git_repos_by_name_commits(&cfg, Default::default()).await?;
```

**.java**

```java
import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient;
import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.GitApi;

ApiClient client = new ApiClient();
client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY"));

var result = new GitApi(client).getGitReposByNameCommits();
```

**HTTP**

```bash
curl https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/git/repos/<name>/commits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY"
```

**MCP**

MCP reaches **git** through the `git` tool, which names its 38 operations with its own verbs — this one among them, under a name only MCP declares. `describe` explains any of them:

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
       "id": 1,
       "method": "tools/call",
       "params": {
         "name": "describe",
         "arguments": {
           "op": "list_git_keys"
         }
       }
     }'
```

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