Tags

List project repository tags

Get a list of repository tags from a project, sorted by name in reverse alphabetical order.

GET /projects/:id/repository/tags

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_name": "John Smith",
      "author_email": "john@example.com",
      "authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
      "committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
      "committer_name": "Jack Smith",
      "committer_email": "jack@example.com",
      "id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
      "message": "Initial commit",
      "parents_ids": [
        "2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe"
      ]
    },
    "release": {
      "tag_name": "1.0.0",
      "description": "Amazing release. Wow"
    },
    "name": "v1.0.0",
    "message": null
  }
]

Get a single repository tag

Get a specific repository tag determined by its name. It returns 200 together with the tag information if the tag exists. It returns 404 if the tag does not exist.

GET /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	The ID of a project
tag_name	string	yes	The name of the tag

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/repository/tags/v1.0.0

Example Response:

{
  "name": "v5.0.0",
  "message": null,
  "commit": {
    "id": "60a8ff033665e1207714d6670fcd7b65304ec02f",
    "message": "v5.0.0\n",
    "parent_ids": [
      "f61c062ff8bcbdb00e0a1b3317a91aed6ceee06b"
    ],
    "authored_date": "2015-02-01T21:56:31.000+01:00",
    "author_name": "Arthur Verschaeve",
    "author_email": "contact@arthurverschaeve.be",
    "committed_date": "2015-02-01T21:56:31.000+01:00",
    "committer_name": "Arthur Verschaeve",
    "committer_email": "contact@arthurverschaeve.be"
  },
  "release": null
}

Create a new tag

Creates a new tag in the repository that points to the supplied ref.

POST /projects/:id/repository/tags

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• tag_name (required) - The name of a tag
• ref (required) - Create tag using commit SHA, another tag name, or branch name.
• message (optional) - Creates annotated tag.
• release_description (optional) - Add release notes to the git tag and store it in the GitLab database.

{
  "commit": {
    "author_name": "John Smith",
    "author_email": "john@example.com",
    "authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
    "committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
    "committer_name": "Jack Smith",
    "committer_email": "jack@example.com",
    "id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
    "message": "Initial commit",
    "parents_ids": [
      "2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe"
    ]
  },
  "release": {
    "tag_name": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Amazing release. Wow"
  },
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "message": null
}

The message will be nil when creating a lightweight tag otherwise it will contain the annotation.

It returns 201 if the operation succeed. In case of an error, 405 with an explaining error message is returned.

Delete a tag

Deletes a tag of a repository with given name. On success, this API method returns 200 with the name of the deleted tag. If the tag does not exist, the API returns 404.

DELETE /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• tag_name (required) - The name of a tag

{
  "tag_name": "v4.3.0"
}

Create a new release

Add release notes to the existing git tag. It returns 201 if the release is created successfully. If the tag does not exist, 404 is returned. If there already exists a release for the given tag, 409 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name/release

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• tag_name (required) - The name of a tag
• description (required) - Release notes with markdown support

{
  "tag_name": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Amazing release. Wow"
}

Update a release

Updates the release notes of a given release. It returns 200 if the release is successfully updated. If the tag or the release does not exist, it returns 404 with a proper error message.

PUT /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name/release

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• tag_name (required) - The name of a tag
• description (required) - Release notes with markdown support

{
  "tag_name": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Amazing release. Wow"
}