Link latest file on Bitbucket Git repository

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I have a public Git repository on Bitbucket. I want to link the latest version of a Read-Me file. Here's the link to a revision/commit:

https://bitbucket.org/wordless/thofu-interpreter/raw/5bfc37864c5d/ThoFu%20Interpreter/ReadMe.txt

I tried to replace the revision number with tip and default, but it didn't work. Is there any way to get a permanent link to my latest files?

Possible dupe of stackoverflow.com/questions/6482121/…

Christopher
– Christopher

2012-07-27 17:03:15 +00:00
Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 17:03 — Christopher
– Christopher, Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 17:03
tip is for mercurial repositories.

levesque
– levesque

2013-10-29 18:34:49 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 18:34 — levesque
– levesque, Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 18:34

Daniel A.A. Pelsmaeker · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-22 01:51:42Z

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Two ideas:

Use master in the url (this seems to work):

https://bitbucket.org/wordless/thofu-interpreter/raw/master/ThoFu%20Interpreter/ReadMe.txt

Another idea is to create a wiki page for your project, then use the wiki's functionality to link to the latest version of a file with this syntax:

<<file path/to/file [revision] [linenumber]>>

Just omit the revision and line number parameters, they are optional.

Then, refer to the wiki page everywhere else you'd like link to the read me file.

edited Oct 22, 2013 at 1:51

Daniel A.A. Pelsmaeker

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answered Jul 27, 2012 at 17:17

Sunil D.

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here Over a year ago

This also works linking to /src/ on bitbucket rather than raw bitbucket.org/user/repository/src/branch/path/file

Khurshid Alam Over a year ago

@sunil-d Any idea how to that for private repo? When I click on raw url of a image in my private repo, it redirects to bytebucket.org & append a token so that it can be viewed publicly...like https://bytebucket.org/$username/$repo/raw/$sha/$filename.jpg?token=$sometoken. But the token is different for each file. Is there any way I can get/generate this type of token through bitbucket api?

Sunil D. Over a year ago

@KhurshidAlam I'm not sure how that might work. A quick google search pointed to possibly using their API to get an OAuth token, but I doubt that is the same token used here (who knows). Sorry I couldn't help any further!

adam Over a year ago

bitbucket.org/user/repo/raw/master/ReadMe.txt stopped working bitbucket.org/user/repo/src/default/ReadMe.txt works though

Shreyas Over a year ago

The Creole syntax : <<file path/to/file [revision] [linenumber]>> doesn't work for README files. The README files on Bitbucket only support markdown file.

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Emil Lundberg · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26 15:08:19Z

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There is an easy workaround for this issue by updating your relative links to src/[branch_name]/path/to/file. Works like a charm for me.

edited May 26, 2016 at 15:08

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wintondeshong Over a year ago

This should be used by default across the primary navigation. It is a much more common use case in my opinion.

Antoine Pietri Over a year ago

The problem with that being the default is that it can become a 404, or refer to something completely different to what you intended.

Johnny Utahh Over a year ago

Works great for me thus far, but it's early. @Antoine Pietri, how can it become a 404?

Antoine Pietri Over a year ago

If you delete the file.

Shreyas Over a year ago

This schema doesn't work. Maybe it used to but it's not working anymore.

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JVDL · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-16 03:00:48Z

The canonical way to add a link to a file in your repository using Markdown (the default for Readme files and Wiki pages) is by linking to the relative path of the file.

For example, if I had a structure like so:

<repo root> |-- my-file.txt | |-- my-dir | |-- my-other-file

I'd be able to link to them as follows:

[my-file](my-file.txt) [my-dir](my-dir) [some-other-file](my-dir/some-other-file)

Bitbucket will then automatically link to the file at the current branch that you are viewing the file at. If you're viewing the Readme file in the overview that will mean the default branch (usually 'master').

Of all the above methods, this was the most succinct way of solving it.
And it can also be used in a markdown syntax way of adding the link at the bottom to keep the markdown clean

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

Here are working links:

RAW:

https://bitbucket.org/wordless/thofu-interpreter/raw/HEAD/TODO.txt?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default

Source:

https://bitbucket.org/wordless/thofu-interpreter/src/HEAD/TODO.txt?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default

CTala · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-02 15:08:57Z

I am using master like this for the last zip file of the code :

https://bitbucket.org/MIUSER/MIREPO/get/master.zip

Where MIUSER is my user and MIREPO is the name of my app.

Hope that this works :D.

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