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GitHub Status Checks

GitHub status checks are an excellent way to track and control the CI/CD status of your projects.

Semaphore by default reports GitHub statuses for your initial .semaphore/semaphore.yml pipelines. Optionally you can configure status checks for multiple pipelines, or even blocks.

The name of the GitHub status is derived from the name of your pipeline or block.

Configuring pipeline level status checks

By default, Semaphore reports a GitHub status for your initial .semaphore/semaphore.yml pipeline.

To change the pipeline for which you want to create a check status, edit your projects configuration:

sem edit project <project-name>

apiVersion: v1alpha
kind: Project
metadata:
  name: example

spec:
  repository:
    url: "git@github.com:renderedtext/example.git"
    run: true
    run_on:
      - branches
      - tags
    pipeline_file: ".semaphore/semaphore.yml"

    status:
      pipeline_files:
        - path: ".semaphore/scheduled-runs.yml"
          level: "pipeline"

Adjust the status property to modify your GitHub check configuration. In the above YAML, the status checks will be sent only for the .semaphore/scheduled-runs.yml pipeline.

Configuring pipeline level status checks for multiple pipelines

To set up status checks for multiple pipelines in your projects, edit your project's configuration:

sem edit project <project-name>

apiVersion: v1alpha
kind: Project
metadata:
  name: example

spec:
  repository:
    url: "git@github.com:renderedtext/example.git"
    run: true
    run_on:
      - branches
      - tags
    pipeline_file: ".semaphore/semaphore.yml"

    status:
      pipeline_files:
        - path: ".semaphore/semaphore.yml"
          level: "pipeline"

        - path: ".semaphore/scheduled-runs.yml"
          level: "pipeline"

Adjust the status property to modify your GitHub check configuration. In the above YAML, the status checks will be sent for both the .semaphore/semaphore.yml and .semaphore/scheduled-runs.yml pipelines.

Configuring block level status checks

By default, Semaphore creates status checks for your pipelines. However, you can adjust this configuration and create status checks for each of your blocks in the pipeline.

To sends blocks level statuses, instead of pipeline level statuses, edit your project configuration:

sem edit project <project-name>

apiVersion: v1alpha
kind: Project
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  repository:
    url: "git@github.com:renderedtext/goDemo.git"
    run: true
    run_on:
      - branches
      - tags
    pipeline_file: ".semaphore/semaphore.yml"

    status:
      pipeline_files:
        - path: ".semaphore/semaphore.yml"
          level: "block"

Adjust the status > level property to send block instead of pipeline level status checks.