| `start_branch` | string | no | Name of the branch to start the new commit from |
| `start_project` | integer/string | no | The project ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) to start the commit from. Defaults to the value of `id`. |
| `actions[]` | array | yes | An array of action hashes to commit as a batch. See the next table for what attributes it can take. |
| `author_email` | string | no | Specify the commit author's email address |
| `author_name` | string | no | Specify the commit author's name |