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It's easy to hotlink an image into a GitHub readme, and when the build status (etc) of the project changes so does the badge, without updating the readme.

• mixmastamyk 3y ago
  How does the badge site know the build status? Params set in readme urls don’t seem like they’d work for that, if they can’t change.
  • roywiggins 3y ago
    You rely on the service to generate the badge for you dynamically, eg https://badgers.space/github/release/tensorflow/tensorflow https://badgers.space/github/release/tensorflow/tensorflow https://badgers.space/github/checks/facebook/react https://badgers.space/github/checks/facebook/react In this case, it just looks it up at Github. shields.io can hit a bunch of different services for status: https://shields.io/category/build https://shields.io/category/build
  • kroltan 3y ago
    The params are something that indicate where the badge service should go to get the latest information, not the information itself. Which is why there is a value in having a badge service rather than just updating badges with a commit hook or something.