github-graphql-commits-by-ref

github-graphql-commits-by-ref

query { 
  repository(owner: "pivotaltracker", name: "tracker") {
    refs(refPrefix: "refs/heads/", first: 100) {
      totalCount
      pageInfo {
        hasNextPage
      }
      edges {
        node {
          name
          target {
				    ... on Commit {
            history(first: 5) {
              edges {
                node {
                  oid
                  messageHeadline
                  committedDate
                  # message
                  # author {
                  #   name
                  #   email
                  #   date
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

github-graphql-fragment-example

query { 
  repository(owner: "pivotaltracker", name: "tracker") {
    refs(refPrefix: "refs/heads/", first: 100) {
      totalCount
      pageInfo {
        hasNextPage
        endCursor
      }
      edges {
        ... refEdgeFrag
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment refEdgeFrag on RefEdge {
  node {
    name
    target {
      ... on Commit {
        history(first: 1) {
          edges {
            node {
              oid
              messageHeadline
              committedDate
              url
              author {
                name
                email
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

github-graphql-specific-refs

query { 
  repository(owner: "pivotaltracker", name: "tracker") {
    r1: ref(qualifiedName: "master") {
      name
    },
    r2: ref(qualifiedName: "94195378-super-admin-import") {
      name
    }
  }
}

have you found a way to reference a commit by sha?

This was 4 years ago, I don't remember much about it :)

I would suggest looking at the current github graphql API docs and playing around in the graphql explorer.