Added support to fetch file information without fetching the file content (#224).

src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/AbstractApi.java

@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractApi implements Constants {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Perform an HTTP HEAD call with the specified query parameters and path objects, returning
+     * a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param expectedStatus the HTTP status that should be returned from the server
+     * @param queryParams multivalue map of request parameters
+     * @param pathArgs variable list of arguments used to build the URI
+     * @return a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint
+     * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs during execution
+     */
+    protected Response head(Response.Status expectedStatus, MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams, Object... pathArgs) throws GitLabApiException {
+        try {
+            return validate(getApiClient().head(queryParams, pathArgs), expectedStatus);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw handle(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Perform an HTTP POST call with the specified form data and path objects, returning
      * a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint.

src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApiClient.java

@@ -390,6 +390,32 @@ public class GitLabApiClient {
         return (invocation(url, queryParams, accepts).get());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Perform an HTTP HEAD call with the specified query parameters and path objects, returning
+     * a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param queryParams multivalue map of request parameters
+     * @param pathArgs variable list of arguments used to build the URI
+     * @return a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint
+     * @throws IOException if an error occurs while constructing the URL
+     */
+    protected Response head(MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams, Object... pathArgs) throws IOException {
+        URL url = getApiUrl(pathArgs);
+        return (head(queryParams, url));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Perform an HTTP HEAD call with the specified query parameters and URL, returning
+     * a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param queryParams multivalue map of request parameters
+     * @param url the fully formed path to the GitLab API endpoint
+     * @return a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint
+     */
+    protected Response head(MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams, URL url) {
+        return (invocation(url, queryParams).head());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Perform an HTTP POST call with the specified form data and path objects, returning
      * a ClientResponse instance with the data returned from the endpoint.

src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/RepositoryFileApi.java

@@ -22,17 +22,69 @@ public class RepositoryFileApi extends AbstractApi {
         super(gitLabApi);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get information on a file in the repository. Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size.
+     * Only works with GitLab 11.1.0+, returns an empty object for earlier versions of GitLab.
+     *
+     * HEAD /projects/:id/repository/files
+     *
+     * @param projectIdOrPath the id, path of the project, or a Project instance holding the project ID or path
+     * @param filePath (required) - Full path to the file. Ex. lib/class.rb
+     * @param ref (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
+     * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info
+     * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs
+     * @since GitLab-11.1.0
+     */
+    public RepositoryFile getFileInfo(Object projectIdOrPath, String filePath, String ref) throws GitLabApiException {
+
+        Form form = new Form();
+        addFormParam(form, "ref", ref, true);
+        Response response = head(Response.Status.OK, form.asMap(),
+                "projects", getProjectIdOrPath(projectIdOrPath), "repository", "files", urlEncode(filePath));
+
+        RepositoryFile file = new RepositoryFile();
+        file.setBlobId(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Blob-Id"));
+        file.setCommitId(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Commit-Id"));
+        file.setEncoding(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Encoding"));
+        file.setFileName(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-File-Name"));
+        file.setFilePath(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-File-Path"));
+        file.setLastCommitId(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Last-Commit-Id"));
+        file.setRef(response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Ref"));
+
+        String sizeStr = response.getHeaderString("X-Gitlab-Size");
+        file.setSize(sizeStr != null ? Integer.valueOf(sizeStr) : -1);
+
+        return (file);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get file from repository. Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size, content.
      * Note that file content is Base64 encoded.
      *
      * GET /projects/:id/repository/files
      *
-     * @param filePath (required) - Full path to new file. Ex. lib/class.rb
+     * @param projectIdOrPath the id, path of the project, or a Project instance holding the project ID or path
+     * @param filePath (required) - Full path to the file. Ex. lib/class.rb
+     * @param ref (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
+     * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info and file content
+     * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs
+     */
+    public RepositoryFile getFile(Object projectIdOrPath, String filePath, String ref) throws GitLabApiException {
+        return (getFile(projectIdOrPath, filePath, ref, true));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get file from repository. Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size, content.
+     * Note that file content is Base64 encoded.
+     *
+     * GET /projects/:id/repository/files
+     *
+     * @param filePath (required) - Full path to the file. Ex. lib/class.rb
      * @param projectId (required) - the project ID
      * @param ref (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
-     * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info
+     * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info and file content
      * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs
+     * @deprecated  Will be removed in version 5.0, replaced by {@link #getFile(Object, String, String)}
      */
     public RepositoryFile getFile(String filePath, Integer projectId, String ref) throws GitLabApiException {
 
@@ -40,10 +92,31 @@ public class RepositoryFileApi extends AbstractApi {
             return (getFileV3(filePath, projectId, ref));
         }
 
+        return (getFile(projectId, filePath, ref, true));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get file from repository. Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size, and optionally content.
+     * Note that file content is Base64 encoded.
+     *
+     * GET /projects/:id/repository/files
+     *
+     * @param projectIdOrPath the id, path of the project, or a Project instance holding the project ID or path
+     * @param filePath (required) - Full path to the file. Ex. lib/class.rb
+     * @param ref (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
+     * @param includeContent if true will also fetch file content
+     * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info and optionally file content
+     * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs
+     */
+    public RepositoryFile getFile(Object projectIdOrPath, String filePath, String ref, boolean includeContent) throws GitLabApiException {
+
+        if (!includeContent) {
+            return (getFileInfo(projectIdOrPath, filePath, ref));
+        }
+
         Form form = new Form();
         addFormParam(form, "ref", ref, true);
-        Response response = get(Response.Status.OK, form.asMap(),
-                "projects", projectId, "repository", "files", urlEncode(filePath));
+        Response response = get(Response.Status.OK, form.asMap(), "projects", getProjectIdOrPath(projectIdOrPath), "repository", "files", urlEncode(filePath));
         return (response.readEntity(RepositoryFile.class));
     }
 
@@ -58,6 +131,7 @@ public class RepositoryFileApi extends AbstractApi {
      * @param ref (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
      * @return a RepositoryFile instance with the file info
      * @throws GitLabApiException if any exception occurs
+     * @deprecated  Will be removed in version 5.0
      */
     protected RepositoryFile getFileV3(String filePath, Integer projectId, String ref) throws GitLabApiException {
         Form form = new Form();

src/test/java/org/gitlab4j/api/TestRepositoryApi.java

@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ public class TestRepositoryApi {
         Files.delete(target);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRepositoryFileGetFile() throws GitLabApiException, IOException {
+
+        Project project = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProject(TEST_NAMESPACE, TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
+        assertNotNull(project);
+
+        RepositoryFile fileInfo = gitLabApi.getRepositoryFileApi().getFileInfo(project.getId(), "README", "master");
+        assertNotNull(fileInfo);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCompare() throws GitLabApiException {