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Bitbucket Cloud / Reference / REST APIs

Branching model

Postman Collection
OpenAPI

The branching model resource is used to modify the branching model for a repository. You can use the branching model to define a branch based workflow for your repositories. When you map your workflow to branch types, you can ensure that branches are named consistently by configuring which branch types to make available.

GET

Get the branching model for a repository

Return the branching model as applied to the repository. This view is read-only. The branching model settings can be changed using the settings API.

The returned object:

  1. Always has a development property. development.branch contains the actual repository branch object that is considered to be the development branch. development.branch will not be present if it does not exist.
  2. Might have a production property. production will not be present when production is disabled. production.branch contains the actual branch object that is considered to be the production branch. production.branch will not be present if it does not exist.
  3. Always has a branch_types array which contains all enabled branch types.
Scopes
repository
read:repository:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

repo_slug

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The branching model object

application/json

allOf [object, Branching Model]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Branching Model

A repository's branching model

GET/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model
1 2 3 4 curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 { "development": { "name": "master", "branch": { "type": "branch", "name": "master", "target": { "hash": "16dffcb0de1b22e249db6799532074cf32efe80f" } }, "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "name": "production", "branch": { "type": "branch", "name": "production", "target": { "hash": "16dffcb0de1b22e249db6799532074cf32efe80f" } }, "use_mainbranch": false }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "release", "prefix": "release/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "bugfix", "prefix": "bugfix/" } ], "type": "branching_model", "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.bitbucket.org/.../branching-model" } } }
GET

Get the branching model config for a repository

Return the branching model configuration for a repository. The returned object:

  1. Always has a development property for the development branch.
  2. Always a production property for the production branch. The production branch can be disabled.
  3. The branch_types contains all the branch types.

This is the raw configuration for the branching model. A client wishing to see the branching model with its actual current branches may find the active model API more useful.

Scopes
repository:admin
admin:repository:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

repo_slug

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The branching model configuration

application/json

allOf [object, Branching Model Settings]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Branching Model Settings

A repository's branching model settings

GET/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model/settings
1 2 3 4 curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model/settings' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 { "development": { "is_valid": true, "name": "null", "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "is_valid": true, "name": "production", "use_mainbranch": false, "enabled": false }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "release", "enabled": true, "prefix": "release/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "enabled": true, "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "enabled": true, "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "bugfix", "enabled": false, "prefix": "bugfix/" } ], "type": "branching_model_settings", "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.bitbucket.org/.../branching-model/settings" } } }
PUT

Update the branching model config for a repository

Update the branching model configuration for a repository.

The development branch can be configured to a specific branch or to track the main branch. When set to a specific branch it must currently exist. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. A request without a development property will leave the development branch unchanged.

It is possible for the development branch to be invalid. This happens when it points at a specific branch that has been deleted. This is indicated in the is_valid field for the branch. It is not possible to update the settings for development if that would leave the branch in an invalid state. Such a request will be rejected.

The production branch can be a specific branch, the main branch or disabled. When set to a specific branch it must currently exist. The enabled property can be used to enable (true) or disable (false) it. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. A request without a production property will leave the production branch unchanged.

It is possible for the production branch to be invalid. This happens when it points at a specific branch that has been deleted. This is indicated in the is_valid field for the branch. A request that would leave production enabled and invalid will be rejected. It is possible to update production and make it invalid if it would also be left disabled.

The branch_types property contains the branch types to be updated. Only the branch types passed will be updated. All updates will be rejected if it would leave the branching model in an invalid state. For branch types this means that:

  1. The prefixes for all enabled branch types are valid. For example, it is not possible to use '*' inside a Git prefix.
  2. A prefix of an enabled branch type must not be a prefix of another enabled branch type. This is to ensure that a branch can be easily classified by its prefix unambiguously.

It is possible to store an invalid prefix if that branch type would be left disabled. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. Each branch type must have a kind property to identify it.

There is currently a side effect when using this API endpoint. If the repository is inheriting branching model settings from its project, updating the branching model for this repository will disable the project setting inheritance.

We have deprecated this side effect and will remove it on 1 August 2022.

Scopes
repository:admin
admin:repository:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

repo_slug

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The updated branching model configuration

application/json

allOf [object, Branching Model Settings]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Branching Model Settings

A repository's branching model settings

PUT/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model/settings
1 2 3 4 curl --request PUT \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/branching-model/settings' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 { "development": { "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "enabled": true, "use_mainbranch": false, "name": "production" }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "bugfix", "enabled": true, "prefix": "bugfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "enabled": true, "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "release", "enabled": false } ] }
GET

Get the effective, or currently applied, branching model for a repository

Scopes
repository
read:repository:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

repo_slug

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The effective branching model object

application/json

allOf [object, Effective Repository Branching Model]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Effective Repository Branching Model

A repository's effective branching model

GET/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/effective-branching-model
1 2 3 4 curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/effective-branching-model' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 { "type": "<string>", "branch_types": [ { "kind": "feature", "prefix": "<string>" } ], "development": { "branch": { "type": "<string>" }, "name": "<string>", "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "branch": { "type": "<string>" }, "name": "<string>", "use_mainbranch": true } }
GET

Get the branching model for a project

Return the branching model set at the project level. This view is read-only. The branching model settings can be changed using the settings API.

The returned object:

  1. Always has a development property. development.name is the user-specified branch that can be inherited by an individual repository's branching model.
  2. Might have a production property. production will not be present when production is disabled. production.name is the user-specified branch that can be inherited by an individual repository's branching model.
  3. Always has a branch_types array which contains all enabled branch types.
Scopes
project:admin
read:repository:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

project_key

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The branching model object

application/json

allOf [object, Project Branching Model]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Project Branching Model

A project's branching model

GET/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model
1 2 3 4 curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 { "development": { "name": "master", "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "name": "production", "use_mainbranch": false }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "release", "prefix": "release/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "bugfix", "prefix": "bugfix/" } ], "type": "project_branching_model", "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.bitbucket.org/.../branching-model" } } }
GET

Get the branching model config for a project

Return the branching model configuration for a project. The returned object:

  1. Always has a development property for the development branch.
  2. Always a production property for the production branch. The production branch can be disabled.
  3. The branch_types contains all the branch types.

This is the raw configuration for the branching model. A client wishing to see the branching model with its actual current branches may find the active model API more useful.

Scopes
project:admin
admin:project:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

project_key

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The branching model configuration

application/json

allOf [object, Branching Model Settings]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Branching Model Settings

A repository's branching model settings

GET/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model/settings
1 2 3 4 curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model/settings' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 { "development": { "name": "null", "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "name": "production", "use_mainbranch": false, "enabled": false }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "release", "enabled": true, "prefix": "release/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "enabled": true, "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "enabled": true, "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "bugfix", "enabled": false, "prefix": "bugfix/" } ], "type": "branching_model_settings", "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.bitbucket.org/.../branching-model/settings" } } }
PUT

Update the branching model config for a project

Update the branching model configuration for a project.

The development branch can be configured to a specific branch or to track the main branch. Any branch name can be supplied, but will only successfully be applied to a repository via inheritance if that branch exists for that repository. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. A request without a development property will leave the development branch unchanged.

The production branch can be a specific branch, the main branch or disabled. Any branch name can be supplied, but will only successfully be applied to a repository via inheritance if that branch exists for that repository. The enabled property can be used to enable (true) or disable (false) it. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. A request without a production property will leave the production branch unchanged.

The branch_types property contains the branch types to be updated. Only the branch types passed will be updated. All updates will be rejected if it would leave the branching model in an invalid state. For branch types this means that:

  1. The prefixes for all enabled branch types are valid. For example, it is not possible to use '*' inside a Git prefix.
  2. A prefix of an enabled branch type must not be a prefix of another enabled branch type. This is to ensure that a branch can be easily classified by its prefix unambiguously.

It is possible to store an invalid prefix if that branch type would be left disabled. Only the passed properties will be updated. The properties not passed will be left unchanged. Each branch type must have a kind property to identify it.

Scopes
project:admin
admin:project:bitbucket

Request

Path parameters

project_key

string

Required
workspace

string

Required

Responses

The updated branching model configuration

application/json

allOf [object, Branching Model Settings]

object

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object's type. It also identifies the element as Swagger's discriminator.

Branching Model Settings

A repository's branching model settings

PUT/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model/settings
1 2 3 4 curl --request PUT \ --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/{workspace}/projects/{project_key}/branching-model/settings' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json'
200Response
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 { "development": { "use_mainbranch": true }, "production": { "enabled": true, "use_mainbranch": false, "name": "production" }, "branch_types": [ { "kind": "bugfix", "enabled": true, "prefix": "bugfix/" }, { "kind": "feature", "enabled": true, "prefix": "feature/" }, { "kind": "hotfix", "prefix": "hotfix/" }, { "kind": "release", "enabled": false } ] }

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