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Updated on 2026-04-28 GMT+08:00

Cherry-Picking a Merge Request

Function

This API is used to cherry pick a merge request.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

POST https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/merge-requests/{merge_request_iid}/cherry-pick

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A.

Value range:

1~2147483647

merge_request_iid

Yes

Integer

Definition

MR internal ID (IID).

Value range:

1~2147483647

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain a token by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

Mandatory.

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

branch

Yes

String

Branch name

with_new_merge_request

No

Boolean

Whether to cherry pick or revert MRs through creating MRs

message

No

String

Commit message

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

state

String

Cherry pick result

title

String

Cherry pick title

cherry_pick_branch_name

String

Cherry pick temporary branch name

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

POST /v4/repositories/2661032/merge-requests/1/cherry-pick

{
  "branch" : "test",
  "with_new_merge_request" : true,
  "message" : "Commit message"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

{
  "state" : "success",
  "title" : "Cherry pick",
  "cherry_pick_branch_name" : "cherry-pick-commit-ff660328-1758540992382-auto"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "DEV.00000003",
  "error_msg" : "Authentication information expired."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

Error Codes

See Error Codes.