AWS codecommit documentation change

Service: codecommit · 2025-08-13 · Documentation low

File: codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-close-pull-request.md

Summary

Replaced pull request output example with IAM policy allowing GetRepository access

Security assessment

The change adds an example IAM policy granting codecommit:GetRepository permission, which documents how to configure access control. This is a security feature but does not address a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-close-pull-request.md b/codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-close-pull-request.md
index 2c92faa46..35ff6436f 100644
--- a//codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-close-pull-request.md
+++ b//codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-close-pull-request.md
@@ -67,0 +68,6 @@ If successful, this command produces output similar to the following:
+JSON
+    
+
+****
+    
+    
@@ -69,20 +75,2 @@ If successful, this command produces output similar to the following:
-        "pullRequest": {
-            "approvalRules": [
-                {
-                    "approvalRuleContent": "{\"Version\": \"2018-11-08\",\"Statements\": [{\"Type\": \"Approvers\",\"NumberOfApprovalsNeeded\": 2,\"ApprovalPoolMembers\": [\"arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/CodeCommitReview/*\"]}]}",
-                    "approvalRuleId": "dd8b17fe-EXAMPLE",
-                    "approvalRuleName": "2-approvers-needed-for-this-change",
-                    "creationDate": 1571356106.936,
-                    "lastModifiedDate": 571356106.936,
-                    "lastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Mary_Major",
-                    "ruleContentSha256": "4711b576EXAMPLE"
-                }
-            ],
-            "authorArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Li_Juan",
-            "clientRequestToken": "",
-            "creationDate": 1508530823.165,
-            "description": "Updated the pull request to remove unused global variable.",
-            "lastActivityDate": 1508372423.12,
-            "pullRequestId": "47",
-            "pullRequestStatus": "CLOSED",
-            "pullRequestTargets": [
+        "Version": "2012-10-17",
+        "Statement": [
@@ -90,11 +78,5 @@ If successful, this command produces output similar to the following:
-                    "destinationCommit": "9f31c968EXAMPLE",
-                    "destinationReference": "refs/heads/main",
-                    "mergeMetadata": {
-                        "isMerged": false,
-                    },
-                    "repositoryName": "MyDemoRepo",
-                    "sourceCommit": "99132ab0EXAMPLE",
-                    "sourceReference": "refs/heads/variables-branch"
-                }
-            ],
-            "title": "Consolidation of global variables"
+                "Effect": "Allow",
+                "Action": "codecommit:GetRepository",
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:codecommit:us-east-2:111122223333:MySharedDemoRepo"
+                ]
@@ -101,0 +84 @@ If successful, this command produces output similar to the following:
+        ]