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title: Git References
framework: appstoreconnectapi
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: appstoreconnectapi/git-references
---

# Git References

Read information about the canonical reference for a Git branch or tag.

## Overview

Overview The scmGitReferences resource represents the canonical Git reference for the Git commit that Xcode Cloud used to perform a build. The resource includes the following information: The reference’s name and canonical name Whether the reference has been deleted The type of the reference For example, if Xcode Cloud uses the bug-fix branch for a build, the canonical Git reference is refs/heads/bug-fix and the name is bug-fix. If Xcode Cloud starts a build for the release-1.0 tag, the canonical name is refs/tags/release-1.0 and the name is release-1.0. note: This resource supports JSON web tokens with a lifetime of up to six months. For more information, see Determine the Appropriate Token Lifetime.

## Topics

### Getting Information About Git References

- [Read git reference information](appstoreconnectapi/get-v1-scmgitreferences-_id_.md)

### Objects

- [ScmGitReference](appstoreconnectapi/scmgitreference.md)
- [ScmGitReferenceResponse](appstoreconnectapi/scmgitreferenceresponse.md)
- [ScmGitReferencesResponse](appstoreconnectapi/scmgitreferencesresponse.md)

## See Also

### Source Code Management

- [Providers](appstoreconnectapi/providers.md)
- [Repositories](appstoreconnectapi/repositories.md)
- [Pull Requests](appstoreconnectapi/pull-requests.md)