'In Gitlab api how to find out list of distinct commit ids and commit description between two branches?

I have to find out the missed commits between master and a feature branch using gitlab ui rest services. What is the curl and syntax to get these details?

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Solution 1:[1]

You can achieve this by using the Gitlab API

GET /projects/:id/repository/compare

More info at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repositories.html#compare-branches-tags-or-commits

By executing the following

curl -s --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<project_id>/repository/compare?from=<branch_name_behind_in_commits>&to=<branch_name_ahead_in_commits>&straight=true" | jq '. | .commits[] | "\(.id) \(.message)"'

You will get the commit ids and their messages, that are present to master_branch and not to feature_branch

Notes:

  1. access_token, you need to provide this to the command if your repo is not publicly available
  2. project_id. this is the ID of the project to which you want to compare branches.

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  1. In the from field you should pass the branch that is behind in commits in comparison with the branch you specify in the to field

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