---
title: "Get the root directory of the main branch"
method: GET
path: "/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/src"
tags: ["Source", "Repositories"]
---

# Get the root directory of the main branch

`GET /repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/src`

This endpoint redirects the client to the directory listing of the
root directory on the main branch.

This is equivalent to directly hitting
[/2.0/repositories/{username}/{repo_slug}/src/{commit}/{path}](src/%7Bcommit%7D/%7Bpath%7D)
without having to know the name or SHA1 of the repo's main branch.

To create new commits, [POST to this endpoint](#post)

## Query parameters

- `format` 'meta'

## Response `200`

If the path matches a file, then the raw contents of the file are
returned (unless the `format=meta` query parameter was provided,
in which case a json document containing the file's meta data is
returned). If the path matches a directory, then a paginated
list of file and directory entries is returned (if the
`format=meta` query parameter was provided, then the json document
containing the directory's meta data is returned).

- PaginatedTreeentries — A paginated list of commit_file and/or commit_directory objects.
  - `size` integer — Total number of objects in the response. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses, as it can be expensive to compute.
  - `page` integer — Page number of the current results. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses.
  - `pagelen` integer — Current number of objects on the existing page. The default value is 10 with 100 being the maximum allowed value. Individual APIs may enforce different values.
  - `next` string, uri — Link to the next page if it exists. The last page of a collection does not have this value. Use this link to navigate the result set and refrain from constructing your own URLs.
  - `previous` string, uri — Link to previous page if it exists. A collections first page does not have this value. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses. Some result sets strictly support forward navigation and never provide previous links. Clients must anticipate that backwards navigation is not always available. Use this link to navigate the result set and refrain from constructing your own URLs.
  - `values` Treeentry[]
    - `type` string, required
    - `path` string — The path in the repository
    - `commit` Commit — A repository commit object.
      - `type` string, required
      - `hash` string
      - `date` string, date-time
      - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `message` string
      - `summary` object
        - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
        - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
        - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
      - `parents` BaseCommit[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `hash` string
        - `date` string, date-time
        - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `message` string
        - `summary` object
          - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
          - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
          - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
        - `parents` BaseCommit[]
      - `repository` Repository — A Bitbucket repository.
        - `type` string, required
        - `links` object
          - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `pullrequests` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `forks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `watchers` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `downloads` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `clone` object[]
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
          - `hooks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
            - `href` string, uri
            - `name` string
        - `uuid` string — The repository's immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user.
        - `full_name` string — The concatenation of the repository owner's username and the slugified name, e.g. "evzijst/interruptingcow". This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs.
        - `is_private` boolean
        - `parent` Repository — recursive
        - `scm` 'git'
        - `owner` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
        - `name` string
        - `description` string
        - `created_on` string, date-time
        - `updated_on` string, date-time
        - `size` integer
        - `language` string
        - `has_issues` boolean — The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
        - `has_wiki` boolean — The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
        - `fork_policy` 'allow_forks' | 'no_public_forks' | 'no_forks' — Controls the rules for forking this repository. * **allow_forks**: unrestricted forking * **no_public_forks**: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later) * **no_forks**: deny all forking
        - `project` Project — A Bitbucket project. Projects are used by teams to organize repositories.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` object
            - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
            - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `uuid` string — The project's immutable id.
          - `key` string — The project's key.
          - `owner` Team — A team object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` object — Links related to a Team.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
          - `name` string — The name of the project.
          - `description` string
          - `is_private` boolean — Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `updated_on` string, date-time
          - `has_publicly_visible_repos` boolean — Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
        - `mainbranch` Branch — A branch object, representing a branch in a repository.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` object
            - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
            - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
            - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `name` string — The name of the ref.
          - `target` Commit — recursive
          - `merge_strategies` string[] — Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch.
          - `default_merge_strategy` string — The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch.
      - `participants` Participant[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
        - `role` 'PARTICIPANT' | 'REVIEWER'
        - `approved` boolean
        - `state` string
        - `participated_on` string, date-time — The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant's action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented.

## Other responses

- `404` — If the path or commit in the URL does not exist.

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