How to commit using the API ?

[Paulo Henrique Maia soares]

Hi everyone,

I would like know how I can use the API to commit an existing file on github?

I don't found any sample to this task. Anyone can help me?

[Paulo Henrique Maia soares]

So far I do this code:

GitHub github = GitHub.connect("USER", "TOKEN");

GHRepository ghRepo = github.getRepository("REPOSITORY");

GHContent content = ghRepo.getFileContent("/PATH/FILE.txt");

Now, i need change this file and commit in the repository.

[Thomas Lefort]

Digging into the GitHub API doc and the js version of the API I ended up doing something like that (early and straight to the point version!)

static public String pushFiles(File baseDirectory, String message,
                               String userName, String password,
                               String repositoryName, String branchName) throws IOException {
    GitHub github = GitHub.connectUsingPassword(userName, password);
    GHRepository repo = github.getRepository(userName + "/" + repositoryName);
    // get current branch
    GHRef ref = repo.getRef("heads/" + branchName);
    GHCommit latestCommit = repo.getCommit(ref.getObject().getSha());
    GHTreeBuilder treeBuilder = repo.createTree().baseTree(latestCommit.getTree().getSha());
    addFilesToTree(treeBuilder, baseDirectory, baseDirectory);
    GHTree tree = treeBuilder.create();
    GHCommit commit = repo.createCommit()
            .parent(latestCommit.getSHA1())
            .tree(tree.getSha())
            .message(message)
            .create();
     ref.updateTo(commit.getSHA1());

    logger.info("Commit created with on branch " + branchName + " and SHA " + commit.getSHA1() + " and URL " + commit.getHtmlUrl());
    return commit.getSHA1();
}

private static void addFilesToTree(GHTreeBuilder treeBuilder, File baseDirectory, File currentDirectory) throws IOException {
    for(File file : currentDirectory.listFiles()) {
        String relativePath = baseDirectory.toURI().relativize(file.toURI()).getPath();
        if(file.isFile()) {
            treeBuilder.textEntry(relativePath, FileUtils.readFileToString(file), false);
        } else {
            addFilesToTree(treeBuilder, baseDirectory, file);
        }
    }
}

There is probably more elegant or effective. I am grateful for the project and repository but I must say the documentation could do with a few more examples ;-)

[符汉泽]

Hi Thomas,

I tried your example but it always hit below error, may i know if you have any idea about this? I have already added the text entry.

18:23:45.273 [main] ERROR hanze.lab.githubapitest.github.GithubConnector - org.kohsuke.github.HttpException: {"message":"Must supply tree.sha or tree.content","documentation_url":"https://developer.github.com/v3/git/trees/#create-a-tree"}