can I install commit-status-tracker without building it using Go ?

[sibelius]

https://github.com/tektoncd/experimental/tree/main/commit-status-tracker

is there a simpler way to install this ?

[sibelius]

is this similar to this one https://hub.tekton.dev/tekton/task/github-set-status ?

[AlanGreene]

Hi @sibelius, to answer the question in the issue title, no I don't believe there's a way to install it without building. There are no "official" releases published for many of the experimental projects. However, see below for reasons not to build it.

For your second question, these are 2 quite different projects:

• commit-status-tracker
  • watches the PipelineRuns on your cluster and automatically sets a GitHub commit status on completion to reflect the success / failure
  • ⚠️ However, it relies on support for PipelineResources which were deprecated in Tekton Pipelines v0.30 back in November 2021, and finally removed in v0.45 released February 2023. So commit-status-tracker won't work with any recent / currently supported Tekton Pipelines release.
• github-set-status
  • this one on the other hand is a Task that you can use in your Pipeline to set the status as desired.
  • I haven't personally used it, but it does look like it should at least still be compatible with recent Tekton Pipelines releases.