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Add optional ref parameter to Contributors API endpoint

What does this MR do and why?

Adds an optional ref parameter to the Repository - Contributors API endpoint to match the functionality that is already possible using the Contributor analytics UI page.

Brought up by customer in Zendesk ticket (internal).

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Default With ref
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How to set up and validate locally

  1. Import or create a project from an existing repo, such as pages/plain-html
  2. Create a new branch
  3. Commit a change to the new branch
  4. Call the API endpoint without the ref option
    • https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/repository/contributors
  5. Call the API endpoint with the ref option
    • https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/repository/contributors?ref=:ref

Related to #207479 (closed)

Edited by Jiovanni Castillo

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