List of branches a commit appears on
github, github-api
Solution
That's not possible directly via the GitHub API.
Workaround 1:
- get a list of all branches
- for each branch, get a list of commits on that branch
- check if the commit is in the list of commits for each branch
Workaround 2 (I think this will work, but not 100% sure if I missed a case):
- get a list of all branches
for each branch, compare the branch with the SHA:
`https://api.github.com/repos/:user/:repo/compare/:branch...:sha_of_commit`
If the value of the `status` attribute in the response is `diverged` or `ahead`, then the commit is not in the branch. If the value of the `status` attribute is `behind` or `identical`, then the commit is in the branch.
Problem
Using the GitHub API (v3) I'd like to figure out which branches a commit appears on. I didn't find a way to directly query this, either through repo commits or the commit data objects. An alternate solution would be to list all the branches, and compare with their HEAD; I guess the comparison would fail if the commit is not on the given branch. Is this supported via the current API, and I just missed it? If not, do you have a (better) workaround?