diff --git a/Posh-Github.psm1 b/Posh-Github.psm1
index 3ab948a..4d4811b 100644
--- a/Posh-Github.psm1
+++ b/Posh-Github.psm1
@@ -32,6 +32,65 @@ function GetRemotes
   return $remotes
 }
 
+function FallBackToUserStyle($Owner, $Repository)
+{
+     # with no parameters specified, fall back to user style
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner) -or [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Repository))
+    {
+        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Env:GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN))
+        {
+            throw ("Could not find valid repository to query for issues" +
+                " and no GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN was found ")
+        }
+        return $true
+    }
+    return $false
+}
+
+function IsMissing($Value)
+{
+  [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Value)
+}
+
+function ResolveRepository()
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=0)]
+        [string]
+        $Owner = $null,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=1)]
+        [string]
+        $Repository = $null
+    )
+
+    if ((IsMissing $Owner) -and (IsMissing $Repository))
+    {
+        $remotes = GetRemotes
+        #first remote in order here wins!
+        'upstream', 'origin' |
+        % {
+            if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner) -and $remotes.$_)
+            {
+                $Owner = $remotes.$_.owner
+                $Repository = $remotes.$_.repository
+                Write-Host "Found $_ remote $Owner/$Repository"
+            } else {
+                $Owner = $null
+                $Repository = $null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    elseif ($missingOwner -or $missingRepo)
+    {
+        throw "An Owner and Repository must be specified together"
+    }
+
+    $Owner
+    $Repository
+}
+
 # Get-GitDirectory and Get-LocalOrParentPath are Posh-Git helpers
 function Get-GitDirectory
 {
@@ -225,7 +284,7 @@ function Get-GitHubIssues
 {
   [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='repo')]
   param(
-    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=0,  ParameterSetName='repo')]
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=0, ParameterSetName='repo')]
     [string]
     $Owner = $null,
 
@@ -285,42 +344,31 @@ function Get-GitHubIssues
     {
       'repo'
       {
-        $missingOwner = [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner)
-        $missingRepo = [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Repository)
-        if ($missingOwner -and $missingRepo)
+        $repo = ResolveRepository $Owner $Repository
+        $Owner = $repo[0]
+        $Repository = $repo[1]
+
+        if(FallBackToUserStyle $Owner $Repository)
         {
-          $remotes = GetRemotes
-          #first remote in order here wins!
-          'upstream', 'origin' |
-            % {
-              if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner) -and $remotes.$_)
-              {
-                $Owner = $remotes.$_.owner
-                $Repository = $remotes.$_.repository
-                Write-Host "Found $_ remote with owner $Owner"
-              }
-            }
+          return GetUserIssues $Filter.ToLower() $State.ToLower() $Labels `
+            $Sort.ToLower() $Direction.ToLower() $PsBoundParameters.Since
+        } else {
+          echo "Repo-Style"
+        }
 
-          # with no parameters specified, fall back to user style
-          if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner))
-          {
-            if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Env:GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN))
-            {
-              throw ("Could not find valid repository to query for issues" +
-                " and no GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN was found ")
-            }
+        $missingOwner = [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Owner)
+        $missingRepo = [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Repository)
 
-            return GetUserIssues $Filter.ToLower() $State.ToLower() $Labels `
-              $Sort.ToLower() $Direction.ToLower() $PsBoundParameters.Since
-          }
-        }
-        elseif ($missingOwner -or $missingRepo)
+        if ($missingOwner -or $missingRepo)
         {
           throw "An Owner and Repository must be specified together"
         }
 
         # accept null or lower case
-        if ($Milestone) { $Milestone = $Milestone.ToLower() }
+        if ($Milestone) {
+          $Milestone = $Milestone.ToLower() 
+        }
+
         GetRepoIssues $Owner $Repository $Milestone $State.ToLower() `
           $Assignee $Creator $Mentioned $Labels $Sort.ToLower() `
           $Direction.ToLower() $PsBoundParameters.Since
@@ -1170,8 +1218,130 @@ function Clear-GitMergedBranches
   }
 }
 
+function GetRefStatus($Owner, $Repository, $Ref)
+{
+    $uri = ("https://api.github.com/repos/$Owner/$Repository/statuses/$Ref" +
+      "?access_token=${Env:\GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN}")
+
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri
+}
+
+function SetRefStatus($Owner, $Repository, $Ref, $State, $Description, $Context, $TargetUrl)
+{
+    $uri = ("https://api.github.com/repos/$Owner/$Repository/statuses/$Ref" +
+      "?access_token=${Env:\GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN}")
+
+    if(IsMissing $Context) {
+      $Context = "default"
+    }
+
+    $postData = @{
+      state = $State
+      description = $Description
+      context = $Context
+    }
+
+    if(-not(IsMissing $TargetUrl)) {
+      $postData.target_url = $TargetUrl
+    }
+
+    $params = @{
+      Uri = $uri;
+      Method = 'POST';
+      ContentType = 'application/json'
+      Body = (ConvertTo-Json $postData -Compress)
+    }
+
+    Invoke-RestMethod @params
+
+}
+
+function Get-GitHubStatus {
+    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='repo')]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=0)]
+        [string]
+        $Owner = "",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=1)]
+        [string]
+        $Repository = "",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=2)]
+        [string]
+        $Ref = $null
+    )
+
+
+    $repo = ResolveRepository $Owner $Repository
+    $Owner = $repo[0]
+    $Repository = $repo[1]
+
+    $missing = IsMissing $Repository
+
+    if((IsMissing $Owner) -or (IsMissing $Repository)) {
+      throw ("Cound not find suitable Owner/Repository")
+    } elseif(IsMissing $Ref) {
+      throw ("Ref missing. Statuses are always related to a SHA, branch name or tag name")
+    }
+
+    $response = GetRefStatus $Owner $Repository $Ref
+    
+    $response | ForEach {
+      Write-Host "$($_.updated_at) $($_.state) - $($_.description)"
+    }
+}
+
+function Set-GitHubStatus {
+    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='repo')]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position=0)]
+        [string]
+        $Owner = "",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position=1)]
+        [string]
+        $Repository = "",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position=2)]
+        [string]
+        $Ref = $null,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=3)]
+        [ValidateSet('pending', 'success', 'error', 'failure')]
+        $State = $null,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position=4)]
+        [string]
+        $Description = $null,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+        [string]
+        $Context = "default",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+        [string]
+        $TargetUrl = $null
+    )
+
+    $repo = ResolveRepository $Owner $Repository
+    $Owner = $repo[0]
+    $Repository = $repo[1]
+
+    $missing = IsMissing $Repository
+
+    if((IsMissing $Owner) -or (IsMissing $Repository)) {
+      throw ("Cound not find suitable Owner/Repository")
+    } elseif(IsMissing $Ref) {
+      throw ("Ref missing. Statuses are always related to a SHA, branch name or tag name")
+    }
+
+    SetRefStatus $Owner $Repository $Ref $State $Description $Context $TargetUrl
+}
+
 Export-ModuleMember -Function  New-GitHubOAuthToken, New-GitHubPullRequest,
   Get-GitHubIssues, Get-GitHubEvents, Get-GitHubRepositories,
   Get-GitHubPullRequests, Set-GitHubUserName, Set-GitHubOrganization,
   Get-GitHubTeams, New-GitHubRepository, New-GitHubFork,
-  Clear-GitMergedBranches, Backup-GitHubRepositories
+  Clear-GitMergedBranches, Backup-GitHubRepositories,
+  Get-GitHubStatus, Set-GitHubStatus