git - Get commits of an item in one branch with TFS REST API

Question

I am trying to get the history for one particular item in one particular branch in my git repository, using the Team Service REST API (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/integrate/api/git/commits).

I have this structure in my repository.

Repository1 -- Branch1 -- Item1 -- Item2 -- Branch2 -- Item1 -- Item3

How can I get the commits for just Item1 in Branch1?

I have tried to POST: https://fabrikam.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/commitsBatch?api-version=1.0

with JSON:

{ "itemVersion": { "versionType": "branch", "version": "Branch1" } }

But this gives me the commits for the whole branch. How can I get the commits for just that item in that particular branch?

Answer 1

It is actually possible to do it exactly with commitsBatch. You don't have to get all branches and all commits and compare...

You do a POST to

https://fabrikam.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/commitsBatch?api-version=1.0

and the JSON String is:

 {
   "itemPath":
     "/Folder1/Folder2/item1.extention",
   "$top":250
   "itemVersion": {
     "versionType": "branch",
     "version": "Branch1"
   }
}