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Get a tree

Returns a single tree using the SHA1 value or ref name for that tree.

If truncated is true in the response then the number of items in the tree array exceeded our maximum limit. If you need to fetch more items, use the non-recursive method of fetching trees, and fetch one sub-tree at a time.

[!NOTE] The limit for the tree array is 100,000 entries with a maximum size of 7 MB when using the recursive parameter.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{tree_sha}

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.

tree_shastring required

The SHA1 value or ref (branch or tag) name of the tree.

Query parameters

recursivestring

Setting this parameter to any value returns the objects or subtrees referenced by the tree specified in :tree_sha. For example, setting recursive to any of the following will enable returning objects or subtrees: 0, 1, "true", and "false". Omit this parameter to prevent recursively returning objects or subtrees.

Response

Response

shastring required
urlstring uri
truncatedboolean required

Example response

{
  "tree": [
    {
      "path": "file.rb",
      "mode": "100644",
      "type": "blob",
      "size": 30,
      "sha": "44b4fc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/44b4fc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132"
    }
  ]
}