Automatically merge verified and tested GitHub Pull Requests

Question

I\'d like to automatically (i.e. from Jenkins) merge a GitHub pull request that has been approved by a person and has been tested successfully; in other words, when all THREE of

Answer 1

You can use Mergify to do exactly this, since this is what it has been created for. Just set up a minimal .mergify.yml file in your repository:

rules:
  default:
    protection:
      required_status_checks:
        context:
          - continuous-integration/travis/pr
      required_pull_request_reviews:
        required_approving_review_count: 1

And you'll be good to go.

(disclaimer: I'm one of the Mergify founders)