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GET
/
api
/
repos
/
{namespace}
/
{repo_name}
/
commits
/
root
Get root commit
curl --request GET \
  --url https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/commits/root \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "commit": {
    "author": "ox",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890",
    "message": "Initial empty repository commit.",
    "parent_ids": [],
    "timestamp": "2025-01-01T10:00:00Z"
  },
  "status": "success",
  "status_message": "resource_found"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
namespace
string
required

Namespace of the repository

​
repo_name
string
required

Name of the repository

Response

200 - application/json

Root commit found (None if empty repository)

​
status
string
required
​
status_message
string
required
​
oxen_version
string | null
​
commit
object
Example:
{
  "author": "ox",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890",
  "message": "Refactor data loading pipeline.",
  "parent_ids": ["f1e2d3c4b5a67890fedcba9876543210"],
  "timestamp": "2025-01-01T10:00:00Z"
}