Cherry-picking through REST API

[Tedis Agolli]

Hello :) 

I am trying to use the Bitbucket API to automatically merge some commits forward from old -> new branch. I have set up a webhook that triggers whenever a new commit is pushed to old. I would then like to take that commit and attempt to merge it forward.

I am using this route:

https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace}/{repo}/refs/branches

which takes a "target" commit hash. The target is simply a starting point though. If there are other unmerged commits before my target, the branch will contain all of them. I want the branch to only contain the commit I am specifying. Basically, I'd like to cherry-pick a commit hash into a new branch.

Is this possible at all through the REST API? Is there a possible workaround?

Thank you in advance!

[Theodora Boudale · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tedis Agolli and welcome to the community!

I'm afraid that it is not possible to cherry-pick using our API. We have API endpoints for creating a new commit by uploading a file and for merging pull requests, but not for cherry-picking.

The only workaround I can think of is using the git cherry-pick command in a clone of the repo and then pushing the change to the Bitbucket repo.

Kind regards,
Theodora

[Tedis Agolli]

Thanks, Theodora. That's what I ended up going with.