> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oxen.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a commit's parents

> Get the parent commits of a specific commit or the tip of a branch.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://dev.hub.oxen.ai/api/_spec/oxen_server_openapi.json get /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/commits/{commit_or_branch}/parents
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Oxen is a fast, unstructured data version control, to help version large
    machine learning datasets written in Rust.
  license:
    name: ''
  title: oxen-server
  version: 0.50.0
servers:
  - description: Production API
    url: https://hub.oxen.ai
  - description: Local Development
    url: http://localhost:3000
security:
  - api_key: []
tags:
  - description: Namespace management endpoints
    name: Namespaces
  - description: Repository management endpoints.
    name: Repositories
paths:
  /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/commits/{commit_or_branch}/parents:
    get:
      tags:
        - Commits
      summary: Get a commit's parents
      description: Get the parent commits of a specific commit or the tip of a branch.
      operationId: parents
      parameters:
        - description: Namespace of the repository
          example: ox
          in: path
          name: namespace
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Name of the repository
          example: ImageNet-1k
          in: path
          name: repo_name
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Commit ID or Branch name
          example: main
          in: path
          name: commit_or_branch
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListCommitResponse'
          description: List of parent commits
        '404':
          description: Commit or Branch not found
components:
  schemas:
    ListCommitResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusMessage'
        - properties:
            commits:
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Commit'
              type: array
          required:
            - commits
          type: object
      example:
        commits:
          - author: ox
            email: ox@example.com
            id: a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890
            message: Refactor data loading pipeline.
            parent_ids:
              - f1e2d3c4b5a67890fedcba9876543210
            timestamp: '2025-01-01T10:00:00Z'
          - author: bessie
            email: bessie@example.com
            id: b0a9f8e7d6c543210fedcba987654321
            message: Update ImageNet-1k labels.
            parent_ids:
              - a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890
            timestamp: '2025-01-02T11:00:00Z'
        status: success
        status_message: resource_found
    StatusMessage:
      properties:
        oxen_version:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
        status_message:
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - status_message
      type: object
    Commit:
      example:
        author: ox
        email: ox@example.com
        id: a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890
        message: Refactor data loading pipeline.
        parent_ids:
          - f1e2d3c4b5a67890fedcba9876543210
        timestamp: '2025-01-01T10:00:00Z'
      properties:
        author:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        parent_ids:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        timestamp:
          format: date-time
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - parent_ids
        - message
        - author
        - email
        - timestamp
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````