如何通过API（HTTP/REST或SSH）丢弃Gerrit特定评审的草稿评论？

Alright, let’s walk through exactly how to discard draft review comments in Gerrit using either the HTTP REST API or SSH API—no web interface clicks needed, just clean command-line or scriptable calls.

First, you’ll need to get the ID of the draft comment you want to delete. Gerrit’s REST API makes this straightforward:

1. Fetch all draft comments for a specific change
   Send a GET request to the draft comments endpoint for your target change. Replace {change-id} with either the numeric change ID, change number, or full reference (like refs/changes/45/12345/3).

   curl -u your-username:your-auth-token https://your-gerrit-domain.com/a/changes/{change-id}/draft_comments
   

   • Note: Use an HTTP auth token instead of your password if you have 2FA enabled—you can generate one in Gerrit’s settings under HTTP Credentials.
   • The response will be a JSON array of draft comments, each with an id field (this is the value you’ll need for deletion).

2. Delete the specific draft comment
   Use a DELETE request targeting the draft comment’s ID. Replace {draft-comment-id} with the ID you pulled from the previous step:

   curl -X DELETE -u your-username:your-auth-token https://your-gerrit-domain.com/a/changes/{change-id}/draft_comments/{draft-comment-id}
   

   A successful deletion will return a 204 No Content status code.

If you prefer using Gerrit’s SSH interface (which is often more straightforward for command-line workflows), here’s how to do it:

1. List draft comments for the change
   Connect to your Gerrit instance via SSH and run the draft-comments list command with your target change ID:

   ssh -p 29418 your-username@your-gerrit-domain.com gerrit draft-comments list {change-id}
   

   This will output a list of draft comments with their IDs, along with details like the file path and comment text.

2. Delete the draft comment
   Use the draft-comments delete command with both the change ID and draft comment ID:

   ssh -p 29418 your-username@your-gerrit-domain.com gerrit draft-comments delete {change-id} {draft-comment-id}
   

   You’ll get a confirmation message like Deleted draft comment {draft-comment-id} from change {change-id} if the operation succeeds.

Quick Notes #

• Make sure you have the necessary permissions: you can only delete draft comments that you created, or if you have administrative privileges for the change.
• For both APIs, {change-id} can be any valid identifier for the review (numeric ID, change number, or full ref path—Gerrit will resolve it automatically).

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者sorin