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Vijay P R
Vijay P R

Reputation: 23

Github graphQL API get branches of a repository sorted by pushDate

We can get all branches of a particular repository with the query mentioned here.

query { 
    repository(owner: "<userName>", name: "<repoName>") {
    refs(first: 10, refPrefix: "refs/heads/",after:"<cursor>") {
      edges {
        node {
          name
            target {
              ... on Commit {
                author {
                  name
                  email
                  user {
                    login
                  }
                }
                pushedDate
                oid
              }
            }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

But would it be possible for the names to be returned in a sorted order by pushedDate ( or any relevant dates ) . for eg if my repository has 2 branches ( branch 1 with pushdate as March 1 and branch 2 with pushDate as March 10 I want branch2 to be returned before branch 1).

We can do that sorting manually but the issue is that my query is paginated , so this sort would just order only those branches in the current page.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1459

Answers (1)

David Butler
David Butler

Reputation: 313

Unfortunately I do not think this is possible. The only way you can order the branches is by ALPHABETICAL

e.g. refs(first: 10, refPrefix: "refs/heads/", orderBy: {field: ALPHABETICAL, direction: DESC}

However, assuming you do not have 1000s of branches perhaps you could, as you suggest, make all the paginated queries then order by pushedDate. You can get 100 nodes at a time with pagination (first: 100) so likely only a few queries to get all branches.

Upvotes: 1

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