@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ title: Statuses | GitHub API
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55# Repo Statuses API
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7- The status API allows external services to mark commits with a success,
8- failure, error, or pending ` state ` , which is then reflected in pull requests involving
9- those commits.
7+ The Status API allows external services to mark commits with a success,
8+ failure, error, or pending ` state ` , which is then reflected in pull requests
9+ involving those commits.
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1111Statuses can also include an optional ` description ` and ` url ` , and
1212we highly recommend providing them as they make statuses much more
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ services to mark commits as passing or failing builds using Status. The
1818description would be the high level summary of what happened with the
1919build.
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21- Note that the ` repo:status ` [ OAuth] ( /v3/oauth ) scope grants targeted access to
22- Statuses ** without** also granting access to repo code, while the ` repo `
23- scope grants permission to code as well as statuses.
21+ Note that the ` repo:status ` [ OAuth scope ] ( /v3/oauth/#scopes ) grants targeted
22+ access to Statuses ** without** also granting access to repo code, while the
23+ ` repo ` scope grants permission to code as well as statuses.
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2525## List Statuses for a specific SHA
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4949target_url
5050: _ Optional_ ** string** Target url to associate with this status. This
5151URL will be linked from the GitHub UI to allow users to easily see the
52- 'source' of the Status.
52+ 'source' of the Status.
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5454: For example, if your Continuous Integration system is posting build
5555status, you would want to provide the deep link for the build output for
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