Cocov

Badges

Last updated Feb 26, 2024

Badges are small images usually present in README files indicating compliance or showing coverage levels of repositories. Cocov includes a badge server capable of emitting information regarding coverage level and the amount of issues present in a repository’s default branch, and is widely available for all users from the repository page:

Repository Badges

Badges are available on instances that have the badge server configured and exposed to the public internet.

Why Exposing the Badges Server #

GitHub proxies and caches images displayed in their domains, meaning that your badge server must be publicly accessible. More information can be obtained from GitHub engineering Blog on Proxying User Images and Sidejack Prevention.