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dependency-graph

Get a diff of the dependencies between commits

Gets the diff of the dependency changes between two commits of a repository, based on the changes to the dependency manifests made in those commits.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependency-graph/compare/{basehead}

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

baseheadstring required

The base and head Git revisions to compare. The Git revisions will be resolved to commit SHAs. Named revisions will be resolved to their corresponding HEAD commits, and an appropriate merge base will be determined. This parameter expects the format {base}...{head}.

Query parameters

namestring

The full path, relative to the repository root, of the dependency manifest file.

Response

Response

change_type'added' | 'removed' required
manifeststring required
ecosystemstring required
namestring required
versionstring required
package_urlstring nullable required
licensestring nullable required
source_repository_urlstring nullable required
scope'unknown' | 'runtime' | 'development' required

Where the dependency is utilized. development means that the dependency is only utilized in the development environment. runtime means that the dependency is utilized at runtime and in the development environment.

Example response

[
  {
    "manifest": "path/to/package-lock.json",
    "ecosystem": "npm",
    "name": "@actions/core",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "package_url": "pkg:/npm/%40actions/core@1.1.0",
    "license": "MIT",
    "source_repository_url": "https://github.com/github/actions",
    "vulnerabilities": [
      {
        "severity": "critical",
        "advisory_ghsa_id": "GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86",
        "advisory_summary": "A summary of the advisory.",
        "advisory_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86"
      }
    ]
  }
]