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- `DB_PATH`: Path to SQlite DB to store the results
- `DOES_IT_BUILD_PARALLEL_JOBS`: Parallel build jobs, defaults to cores/2.
+- `GITHUB_SEND_PINGS`: If this is set, actual pings will be sent for notification issues
+- `GITHUB_OWNER`: The owner of the notification repo
+- `GITHUB_REPO`: The repo name of the notification repo
+- `GITHUB_APP_ID`: The app ID of the notification GitHub app
+- `GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY`: The RSA private key for the notification GitHub app
Build configuration: `DOES_IT_BUILD_OVERRIDE_VERSION` to override the git commit.
## Deployment
deployed at
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+## Notification
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+does-it-build supports sending target maintainer notifications on breakage.
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+It does this by creating an issue that pings the registered maintainers.
+There is an array in the source code (linked to on the website target page) where people can add or remove themselves.