'Retrieve the combined status for this commit.
:returns: the combined status for this commit
:rtype: :class:`~github3.repos.status.CombinedStatus`'

def status(self):

    url = self._build_url(u'status', base_url=self._api)
    json = self._json(self._get(url), 200)
    return self._instance_or_null(status.CombinedStatus, json)
