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What do you write in a pull request?
Offering feedback
- Familiarize yourself with the context of the issue, and reasons why this Pull Request exists.
- If you disagree strongly, consider giving it a few minutes before responding; think before you react.
- Ask, don’t tell.
- Explain your reasons why code should be changed.
- Offer ways to simplify or improve code.
What makes a great pull request?
A great pull request should have responsive interactions among reviewers and contributors. The reviewers might or might not give you feedback on the code before they approve. So, if you think the code is perfectly right or your solution is better, debate respectfully and explain it to the reviewers calmly.
How do you pull request properly?
I’m sure the size of that “in review” column is familiar with many-a-team.
- Reviewing pull requests is hard.
- Make smaller pull requests.
- Write useful descriptions and titles.
- Have on-point commit messages.
- Add comments on your pull request to help guide the reviewer.
- Make it visual.
- Wrapping up.
What is a pull request template?
What is a Pull Request template? A pull request template is a file containing markdown text that is added to your pull request description when the pull request is created. Essentially, the template is a bunch of text that developers don’t want to write each time they submit code.
When should you make a pull request?
Pull requests let you tell others about changes you’ve pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub. Once a pull request is opened, you can discuss and review the potential changes with collaborators and add follow-up commits before your changes are merged into the base branch.
How many lines should a pull request be?
According to the research conducted by the Cisco Systems programming team, where they tried to determine the best practices for code review, they found out that the pull request size should not include more than 200 to 400 lines of code.
When should I make a pull request?
Pull requests let you tell others about changes you’ve pushed to a GitHub repository. Once a pull request is sent, interested parties can review the set of changes, discuss potential modifications, and even push follow-up commits if necessary.
How do you comment on a pull request?
Under your repository name, click Pull requests. In the list of pull requests, click the pull request where you’d like to leave line comments. On the pull request, click Files changed. Hover over the line of code where you’d like to add a comment, and click the blue comment icon.
What’s the best way to write a pull request?
Offer clarification, explain the decisions you made to reach a solution in question. Try to respond to every comment. Link to any follow up commits or Pull Requests. (“Good call! Done in 1682851”) If there is growing confusion or debate, ask yourself if the written word is still the best form of communication.
How to create a pull request in GitHub?
To recap, the steps you need to follow to create a pull request are: 1 Create a fork (if you don’t have one already) 2 Create a local copy of a repository 3 Create a new branch and make changes 4 Push your code 5 Create a pull request in GitHub
Why is it important to create a new branch for a pull request?
Create a new branch for the current story you are working on: It’s important to use a new branch for pull requests for several reasons: It allows you to submit multiple pull requests without confusion. The classical Github gotcha is to continue committing to a pull request branch after making the initial request.
Why do I reject a big pull request?
If I get a big Pull Request in a professional setting (i.e. where the submitter is being paid to write the code), I often reject the Pull Request simply because of the size of it. How small is small enough? Obviously, it depends on what the Pull Request is about, but a Pull Request that touches less than a dozen files isn’t too bad.