This page describes the project related REST endpoints. Please also take note of the general information on the REST API.

Project Endpoints

List Projects

'GET /projects/'

Lists the projects accessible by the caller. This is the same as using the ls-projects command over SSH, and accepts the same options as query parameters.

As result a map is returned that maps the project names to ProjectInfo entries. The entries in the map are sorted by project name.

Request
  GET /projects/?d HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "external/bison": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fbison",
      "description": "GNU parser generator"
    },
    "external/gcc": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fgcc",
    },
    "external/openssl": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fopenssl",
      "description": "encryption\ncrypto routines"
    },
    "test": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "test",
      "description": "\u003chtml\u003e is escaped"
    }
  }
Get all projects with their description
GET /projects/?d HTTP/1.0

The /projects/ URL also accepts a prefix string in the p parameter. This limits the results to those projects that start with the specified prefix. List all projects that start with platform/:

Request
  GET /projects/?p=platform%2F HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "platform/drivers": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Fdrivers",
    },
    "platform/tools": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Ftools",
    }
  }

E.g. this feature can be used by suggestion client UI’s to limit results.

Get Project

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'

Retrieves a project.

Request
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication HTTP/1.0

As response a ProjectInfo entity is returned that describes the project.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
    "name": "plugins/replication",
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
  }

Create Project

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'

Creates a new project.

In the request body additional data for the project can be provided as ProjectInput.

Request
  PUT /projects/MyProject HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "This is a demo project.",
    "submit_type": "CHERRY_PICK",
    "owners": [
      "MyProject-Owners"
    ]
  }

As response the ProjectInfo entity is returned that describes the created project.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "MyProject",
    "name": "MyProject",
    "parent": "All-Projects",
    "description": "This is a demo project."
  }

Get Project Description

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Retrieves the description of a project.

Request
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"

If the project does not have a description an empty string is returned.

Set Project Description

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Sets the description of a project.

The new project description must be provided in the request body inside a ProjectDescriptionInput entity.

Request
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication.",
    "commit_message": "Update the project description"
  }

As response the new project description is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication."

If the description was deleted the response is "204 No Content".

Delete Project Description

'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Deletes the description of a project.

The request body does not need to include a ProjectDescriptionInput entity if no commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE requests. In this case, if you want to specify a commit message, use PUT to delete the description.

Request
  DELETE /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Get Project Parent

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'

Retrieves the name of a project’s parent project. For the All-Projects root project an empty string is returned.

Request
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "All-Projects"

Set Project Parent

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'

Sets the parent project for a project.

The new name of the parent project must be provided in the request body inside a ProjectParentInput entity.

Request
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "commit_message": "Update the project parent"
  }

As response the new parent project name is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Public-Plugins"

Get HEAD

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'

Retrieves for a project the name of the branch to which HEAD points.

Request
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/master"

Set HEAD

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'

Sets HEAD for a project.

The new ref to which HEAD should point must be provided in the request body inside a HeadInput entity.

Request
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/stable"
  }

As response the new ref to which HEAD points is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/stable"

Get Repository Statistics

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/statistics.git'

Return statistics for the repository of a project.

Request
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/statistics.git HTTP/1.0

The repository statistics are returned as a RepositoryStatisticsInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "number_of_loose_objects": 127,
    "number_of_loose_refs": 15,
    "number_of_pack_files": 15,
    "number_of_packed_objects": 67,
    "number_of_packed_refs": 0,
    "size_of_loose_objects": 29466,
    "size_of_packed_objects": 9646
  }

Get Config

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/config'

Gets some configuration information about a project. Note that this config info is not simply the contents of project.config; it generally contains fields that may have been inherited from parent projects.

Request
  GET /projects/myproject/config

A ConfigInfo entity is returned that describes the project configuration. Some fields are only visible to users that have read access to refs/meta/config.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project_config",
    "description": "demo project",
    "use_contributor_agreements": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "TRUE",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "use_content_merge": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "use_signed_off_by": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "require_change_id": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "FALSE",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "max_object_size_limit": {
      "value": "15m",
      "configured_value": "15m",
      "inherited_value": "20m"
    },
    "submit_type": "MERGE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE",
    "commentlinks": {},
    "actions": {
      "cookbook~hello-project": {
        "method": "POST",
        "label": "Say hello",
        "title": "Say hello in different languages",
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  }

Set Config

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/config'

Sets the configuration of a project.

The new configuration must be provided in the request body as a ConfigInput entity.

Request
  PUT /projects/myproject/config HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "demo project",
    "use_contributor_agreements": "FALSE",
    "use_content_merge": "INHERIT",
    "use_signed_off_by": "INHERIT",
    "require_change_id": "TRUE",
    "max_object_size_limit": "10m",
    "submit_type": "REBASE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE"
  }

As response the new configuration is returned as a ConfigInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project_config",
    "use_contributor_agreements": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "FALSE",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "use_content_merge": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "use_signed_off_by": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "require_change_id": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "TRUE",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "max_object_size_limit": {
      "value": "10m",
      "configured_value": "10m",
      "inherited_value": "20m"
    },
    "submit_type": "REBASE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE",
    "commentlinks": {}
  }

Run GC

'POST /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/gc'

Run the Git garbage collection for the repository of a project.

Request
  POST /projects/plugins%2Freplication/gc HTTP/1.0

The response is the streamed output of the garbage collection.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  collecting garbage for "plugins/replication":
  Pack refs:              100% (21/21)
  Counting objects:       20
  Finding sources:        100% (20/20)
  Getting sizes:          100% (13/13)
  Compressing objects:     83% (5/6)
  Writing objects:        100% (20/20)
  Selecting commits:      100% (7/7)
  Building bitmaps:       100% (7/7)
  Finding sources:        100% (41/41)
  Getting sizes:          100% (25/25)
  Compressing objects:     52% (12/23)
  Writing objects:        100% (41/41)
  Prune loose objects also found in pack files: 100% (36/36)
  Prune loose, unreferenced objects: 100% (36/36)
  done.

Branch Endpoints

List Branches

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/'

List the branches of a project.

As result a list of BranchInfo entries is returned.

Request
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/branches/ HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "revision": "master"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/meta/config",
      "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "revision": "67ebf73496383c6777035e374d2d664009e2aa5c"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/heads/stable",
      "revision": "64ca533bd0eb5252d2fee83f63da67caae9b4674",
      "can_delete": true
    }
  ]

Get Branch

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'

Retrieves a branch of a project.

Request
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/branches/master HTTP/1.0

As response a BranchInfo entity is returned that describes the branch.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/master",
    "revision": "67ebf73496383c6777035e374d2d664009e2aa5c"
  }

Create Branch

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'

Creates a new branch.

In the request body additional data for the branch can be provided as BranchInput.

Request
  PUT /projects/MyProject/branches/stable HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668"
  }

As response a BranchInfo entity is returned that describes the created branch.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/stable",
    "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668",
    "can_delete": true
  }

Delete Branch

'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'

Deletes a branch.

Request
  DELETE /projects/MyProject/branches/stable HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Child Project Endpoints

List Child Projects

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/children/'

List the direct child projects of a project.

Request
  GET /projects/Public-Plugins/children/ HTTP/1.0

As result a list of ProjectInfo entries is returned that describe the child projects.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
      "name": "plugins/replication",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freviewnotes",
      "name": "plugins/reviewnotes",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Annotates merged commits using notes on refs/notes/review."
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Fsingleusergroup",
      "name": "plugins/singleusergroup",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "GroupBackend enabling users to be directly added to access rules"
    }
  ]

To resolve the child projects of a project recursively the parameter recursive can be set.

Child projects that are not visible to the calling user are ignored and are not resolved further.

Request
  GET /projects/Public-Projects/children/?recursive HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "gerrit",
      "name": "gerrit",
      "parent": "Public-Projects",
      "description": "Gerrit Code Review"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
      "name": "plugins/replication",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freviewnotes",
      "name": "plugins/reviewnotes",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Annotates merged commits using notes on refs/notes/review."
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Fsingleusergroup",
      "name": "plugins/singleusergroup",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "GroupBackend enabling users to be directly added to access rules"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "Public-Plugins",
      "name": "Public-Plugins",
      "parent": "Public-Projects",
      "description": "Parent project for plugins/*"
    }
  ]

Get Child Project

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/children/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'

Retrieves a child project. If a non-direct child project should be retrieved the parameter recursive must be set.

Request
  GET /projects/Public-Plugins/children/plugins%2Freplication HTTP/1.0

As response a ProjectInfo entity is returned that describes the child project.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
    "name": "plugins/replication",
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
  }

Dashboard Endpoints

List Dashboards

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/'

List custom dashboards for a project.

As result a list of DashboardInfo entries is returned.

List all dashboards for the work/my-project project:

Request
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/ HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
      "id": "main:closed",
      "ref": "main",
      "path": "closed",
      "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
      "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
      "default": true,
      "title": "Closed changes",
      "sections": [
        {
          "name": "Merged",
          "query": "status:merged age:7w"
        },
        {
          "name": "Abandoned",
          "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
Get all dashboards of the 'All-Projects' project
GET /projects/All-Projects/dashboards/ HTTP/1.0

Get Dashboard

'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Retrieves a project dashboard. The dashboard can be defined on that project or be inherited from a parent project.

Request
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/main:closed HTTP/1.0

As response a DashboardInfo entity is returned that describes the dashboard.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }

To retrieve the default dashboard of a project use default as dashboard-id.

Request
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }

Set Dashboard

'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Updates/Creates a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the default dashboard.

The creation/update information for the dashboard must be provided in the request body as a DashboardInput entity.

Request
  PUT /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "id": "main:closed",
    "commit_message": "Define the default dashboard"
  }

As response the new/updated dashboard is returned as a DashboardInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }

Delete Dashboard

'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Deletes a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the default dashboard.

The request body does not need to include a DashboardInput entity if no commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE requests.

Request
  DELETE /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

IDs

{branch-id}

The name of a branch or HEAD. The prefix refs/heads/ can be omitted.

{dashboard-id}

The ID of a dashboard in the format <ref>:<path>.

A special dashboard ID is default which represents the default dashboard of a project.

{project-name}

The name of the project.

JSON Entities

BranchInfo

The BranchInfo entity contains information about a branch.

Field Name Description

ref

The ref of the branch.

revision

The revision to which the branch points.

can_delete

false if not set

Whether the calling user can delete this branch.

BranchInput

The BranchInput entity contains information for the creation of a new branch.

Field Name Description

ref

optional

The name of the branch. The prefix refs/heads/ can be omitted.
If set, must match the branch ID in the URL.

revision

optional

The base revision of the new branch.
If not set, HEAD will be used as base revision.

ConfigInfo

The ConfigInfo entity contains information about the effective project configuration.

Field Name Description

description

optional

The description of the project.

use_contributor_agreements

optional

InheritedBooleanInfo that tells whether authors must complete a contributor agreement on the site before pushing any commits or changes to this project.

use_content_merge

optional

InheritedBooleanInfo that tells whether Gerrit will try to perform a 3-way merge of text file content when a file has been modified by both the destination branch and the change being submitted. This option only takes effect if submit type is not FAST_FORWARD_ONLY.

use_signed_off_by

optional

InheritedBooleanInfo that tells whether each change must contain a Signed-off-by line from either the author or the uploader in the commit message.

require_change_id

optional

InheritedBooleanInfo that tells whether a valid Change-Id footer in any commit uploaded for review is required. This does not apply to commits pushed directly to a branch or tag.

max_object_size_limit

The max object size limit of this project as a MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo entity.

submit_type

The default submit type of the project, can be MERGE_IF_NECESSARY, FAST_FORWARD_ONLY, REBASE_IF_NECESSARY, MERGE_ALWAYS or CHERRY_PICK.

state

optional

The state of the project, can be ACTIVE, READ_ONLY or HIDDEN.
Not set if the project state is ACTIVE.

commentlinks

Map with the comment link configurations of the project. The name of the comment link configuration is mapped to the comment link configuration, which has the same format as the commentlink section of gerrit.config.

theme

optional

The theme that is configured for the project as a ThemeInfo entity.

actions

optional

Actions the caller might be able to perform on this project. The information is a map of view names to ActionInfo entities.

ConfigInput

The ConfigInput entity describes a new project configuration.

Field Name Description

description

optional

The new description of the project.
If not set, the description is removed.

use_contributor_agreements

optional

Whether authors must complete a contributor agreement on the site before pushing any commits or changes to this project.
Can be TRUE, FALSE or INHERIT.
If not set, this setting is not updated.

use_content_merge

optional

Whether Gerrit will try to perform a 3-way merge of text file content when a file has been modified by both the destination branch and the change being submitted. This option only takes effect if submit type is not FAST_FORWARD_ONLY.
Can be TRUE, FALSE or INHERIT.
If not set, this setting is not updated.

use_signed_off_by

optional

Whether each change must contain a Signed-off-by line from either the author or the uploader in the commit message.
Can be TRUE, FALSE or INHERIT.
If not set, this setting is not updated.

require_change_id

optional

Whether a valid Change-Id footer in any commit uploaded for review is required. This does not apply to commits pushed directly to a branch or tag.
Can be TRUE, FALSE or INHERIT.
If not set, this setting is not updated.

max_object_size_limit

optional

The max object size limit of this project as a MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo entity.
If set to 0, the max object size limit is removed.
If not set, this setting is not updated.

submit_type

optional

The default submit type of the project, can be MERGE_IF_NECESSARY, FAST_FORWARD_ONLY, REBASE_IF_NECESSARY, MERGE_ALWAYS or CHERRY_PICK.
If not set, the submit type is not updated.

state

optional

The state of the project, can be ACTIVE, READ_ONLY or HIDDEN.
Not set if the project state is ACTIVE.
If not set, the project state is not updated.

DashboardInfo

The DashboardInfo entity contains information about a project dashboard.

Field Name Description

kind

gerritcodereview#dashboard

id

The ID of the dashboard. The ID has the format <ref>:<path>, where ref and path are URL encoded.

project

The name of the project for which this dashboard is returned.

defining_project

The name of the project in which this dashboard is defined. This is different from project if the dashboard is inherited from a parent project.

ref

The name of the ref in which the dashboard is defined, without the refs/meta/dashboards/ prefix, which is common for all dashboard refs.

path

The path of the file in which the dashboard is defined.

description

optional

The description of the dashboard.

foreach

optional

Subquery that applies to all sections in the dashboard.
Tokens such as ${project} are not resolved.

url

The URL under which the dashboard can be opened in the Gerrit WebUI.
The URL is relative to the canonical web URL.
Tokens in the queries such as ${project} are resolved.

default

not set if false

Whether this is the default dashboard of the project.

title

optional

The title of the dashboard.

sections

The list of sections in the dashboard.

DashboardInput

The DashboardInput entity contains information to create/update a project dashboard.

Field Name Description

id

optional

URL encoded ID of a dashboard to which this dashboard should link to.

commit_message

optional

Message that should be used to commit the change of the dashboard.

DashboardSectionInfo

The DashboardSectionInfo entity contains information about a section in a dashboard.

Field Name Description

name

The title of the section.

query

The query of the section.
Tokens such as ${project} are not resolved.

HeadInput

The HeadInput entity contains information for setting HEAD for a project.

Field Name Description

ref

The ref to which HEAD should be set, the refs/heads prefix can be omitted.

InheritedBooleanInfo

A boolean value that can also be inherited.

Field Name Description

value

The effective boolean value.

configured_value

The configured value, can be TRUE, FALSE or INHERITED.

inherited_value

optional

The boolean value inherited from the parent.
Not set if there is no parent.

MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo

The MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo entity contains information about the max object size limit of a project.

Field Name Description

value

optional

The effective value of the max object size limit as a formatted string.
Not set if there is no limit for the object size.

configured_value

optional

The max object size limit that is configured on the project as a formatted string.
Not set if there is no limit for the object size configured on project level.

inherited_value

optional

The max object size limit that is inherited as a formatted string.
Not set if there is no global limit for the object size.

ProjectDescriptionInput

The ProjectDescriptionInput entity contains information for setting a project description.

Field Name Description

description

optional

The project description.
The project description will be deleted if not set.

commit_message

optional

Message that should be used to commit the change of the project description in the project.config file to the refs/meta/config branch.

ProjectInfo

The ProjectInfo entity contains information about a project.

Field Name Description

kind

gerritcodereview#project

id

The URL encoded project name.

name

not set if returned in a map where the project name is used as map key

The name of the project.

parent

optional

The name of the parent project.
?-<n> if the parent project is not visible (<n> is a number which is increased for each non-visible project).

description

optional

The description of the project.

branches

optional

Map of branch names to HEAD revisions.

ProjectInput

The ProjectInput entity contains information for the creation of a new project.

Field Name Description

name

optional

The name of the project (not encoded).
If set, must match the project name in the URL.

parent

optional

The name of the parent project.
If not set, the All-Projects project will be the parent project.

description

optional

The description of the project.

permissions_only

false if not set

Whether a permission-only project should be created.

create_empty_commit

false if not set

Whether an empty initial commit should be created.

submit_type

optional

The submit type that should be set for the project (MERGE_IF_NECESSARY, REBASE_IF_NECESSARY, FAST_FORWARD_ONLY, MERGE_ALWAYS, CHERRY_PICK).
If not set, MERGE_IF_NECESSARY is set as submit type.

branches

optional

A list of branches that should be initially created.
For the branch names the refs/heads/ prefix can be omitted.

owners

optional

A list of groups that should be assigned as project owner.
Each group in the list must be specified as group-id.
If not set, the groups that are configured as default owners are set as project owners.

use_contributor_agreements

INHERIT if not set

Whether contributor agreements should be used for the project (TRUE, FALSE, INHERIT).

use_signed_off_by

INHERIT if not set

Whether the usage of Signed-Off-By footers is required for the project (TRUE, FALSE, INHERIT).

use_content_merge

INHERIT if not set

Whether content merge should be enabled for the project (TRUE, FALSE, INHERIT).
FALSE, if the submit_type is FAST_FORWARD_ONLY.

require_change_id

INHERIT if not set

Whether the usage of Change-Ids is required for the project (TRUE, FALSE, INHERIT).

max_object_size_limit

optional

Max allowed Git object size for this project. Common unit suffixes of k, m, or g are supported.

ProjectParentInput

The ProjectParentInput entity contains information for setting a project parent.

Field Name Description

parent

The name of the parent project.

commit_message

optional

Message that should be used to commit the change of the project parent in the project.config file to the refs/meta/config branch.

RepositoryStatisticsInfo

The RepositoryStatisticsInfo entity contains information about statistics of a Git repository.

Field Name Description

number_of_loose_objects

Number of loose objects.

number_of_loose_refs

Number of loose refs.

number_of_pack_files

Number of pack files.

number_of_packed_objects

Number of packed objects.

number_of_packed_refs

Number of packed refs.

size_of_loose_objects

Size of loose objects in bytes.

size_of_packed_objects

Size of packed objects in bytes.

ThemeInfo

The ThemeInfo entity describes a theme.

Field Name Description

css

optional

The path to the GerritSite.css file.

header

optional

The path to the GerritSiteHeader.html file.

footer

optional

The path to the GerritSiteFooter.html file.

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