Action: Create Commit

GitLab Operation

The Create Commit action in GitLab saves your code changes to a repository with a descriptive message.

Example User Story

I want to save my latest bug fix for the login page, so I use the Create Commit action in GitLab to push the changes with a clear message.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
projectId	Integer	Yes
branch	String	Yes
commitMessage	String	Yes
actions	Array	Yes

Related Connections

GitLab

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-commit",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Commit",
    "description": "Creates a new commit in a GitLab repository."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "projectId",
      "type": "Integer",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the project."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "branch",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The branch name."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "commitMessage",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The commit message."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "actions",
      "type": "Array",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The actions to perform in the commit."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "commitId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created commit."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/projects/{{projectId}}/repository/commits",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "PRIVATE-TOKEN": "{{.token}}"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"branch\":\"{{branch}}\",\"commit_message\":\"{{commitMessage}}\",\"actions\":{{actions}}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "projectId",
              "type": "Integer",
              "description": "The ID of the project.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "branch",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The branch name.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "commitMessage",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The commit message.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "actions",
              "type": "Array",
              "description": "The actions to perform in the commit.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}