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github-statusA simple interface for updating SHA1s for PRs with statuses. Made for Jenkins initially, altough a command line tool, it mostly consumes environment variables to set states on commits.
Github Environment Variables:
GITHUB_REPOSITORY The url part of the repo, like ceph/cephGITHUB_SHA A commit SHA that will receive the updateGITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN Generated TOKEN to authenticate to GithubGITHUB_STATUS_CONTEXT The "title" part of the status, like "docs"GITHUB_STATUS_STARTED The 'started' text that will change next to the 'title' (context)GITHUB_STATUS_SUCCESS The 'success' text that will change next to the 'title' (context)GITHUB_STATUS_FAILURE The 'failure' text that will change next to the 'title' (context)GITHUB_STATUS_ERROR The 'error' text that will change next to the 'title' (context)GITHUB_STATUS_STATE The state for the sha1, one of: 'success', 'error', 'failure', or 'pending'Build Environment Variables:
BUILD_URL A url that points to the actual full url for the buildPARENT_BUILD_URL Optional parent url where actual build happenedFAQs
Simple updates to SHA commits with CI the status
We found that github-status demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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