PATCH

Try PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks — GitHub API

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Update status check protection

Credentials

GitHub token · sent as Authorization

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Headers

Accept · fixedX-GitHub-Api-Version · fixed

Path

owner · required · string The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. repo · required · string The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive. branch · required · string The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use [the GraphQL API](https://docs.github.com/graphql).

Body application/json

3 body fields

strict · optional · boolean — Require branches to be up to date before merging.
contexts · optional · string[] — **Closing down notice**: The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch. If any of these checks have recently been set by a particular GitHub App, they will be required to come from that app in future for the branch to merge. Use `checks` instead of `contexts` for more fine-grained control.
checks · optional · object[] — The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch.