In this post, we will go through creating and approving pull requests in GitHub. Our example will include multiple reviewers.
First, let’s go to a repo and change a file. We will update the version number of an assembly:
Change the version:
Now, we will create a new branch based off this change:
This takes us to the Pull Request. Let’s add some reviewers by clicking the link on the top right:
We see there are 2 users in this repository. Select them both:
The reviewers now show with orange circles next to their names:
Click Create Pull Request:
Now when the dev1 approver logs into GitHub and they go to Pull Requests->Review Requests, they see the PR:
Clicking on the file name takes them to the PR:
They will select Add Your Review at the top:
Here we can Comment, Approve and Request Changes:
On approving, we see 1 approver and 1 reviewer:
When the 2nd reviewer logs in, they will see the same thing:
On approving, they can decide to merge or close the PR. We will do neither:
When the original user who created the PR logs in, in Pull Requests->Created, they see the status:
Let’s merge this PR:
Confirm:
And they can now delete the branch:
With the option to restore the branch:
And the PR will move to Closed status:
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