Update required status checks of protected branch

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Updating required status checks requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks

Parameters

The object passed can have the following keys:

Name	Type	Description
`strict`	`boolean`	Require branches to be up to date before merging.
`contexts`	`array`	The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch

Example

{
  "strict": true,
  "contexts": [
    "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
  ]
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks",
  "strict": true,
  "contexts": [
    "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
  ],
  "contexts_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"
}