Attaching Git metadata

The CLI can attach git metadata like branch, commit sha, owner and more when executing the test --record and deploy commands. This way you can keep track of your test sessions and deployed resources in the UI and cross-reference them with any updates to your code.

For example, in the screenshot below we ran a test session from our CI server after the project was deployed to our Staging environment with the npx checkly test --record command.

After the test succeeds, we deploy this check so it runs as a monitor with npx checkly deploy.

Environment variables

The CLI will attempt to auto-detect and parse git specific information from your local machine or CI environment, but you can also set these data items specifically by using environment variables.

Item	Auto	Variable	Description
Repository	false	repoUrl in checkly.config.ts or CHECKLY_REPO_URL	The URL of your repo on GitHub, GitLab etc.
Commit hash	true	CHECKLY_REPO_SHA	The SHA of the commit.
Branch	true	CHECKLY_REPO_BRANCH	The branch name.
Commit owner	true	CHECKLY_REPO_COMMIT_OWNER	The committer’s name or email.
Commit message	true	CHECKLY_REPO_COMMIT_MESSAGE	The commit message.
Environment	false	CHECKLY_TEST_ENVIRONMENT	The environment name, e.g. “staging”

For example, if you want to specifically set the Environment you invoke:

Terminal

CHECKLY_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=Production npx checkly test --record

Or, if you want to set repo URL you invoke:

Terminal

CHECKLY_REPO_URL="https://my.git.solution/project/" npx checkly test --record