Do you know how to make content changes on GitHub?
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Some websites use GitHub to manage their content (e.g. SSW Rules). GitHub makes reviewing changes easy through "Pull Requests".
A Pull Request is a request to make changes to 1 or more files. GitHub provides out of the box functionality for reviewing changes in a pull request. This process is as follows:
- Open the Pull Request
- Examine the changes using the tabs:
- Conversations: Comments people have made about the change
- Commits: Summary of the changes the requester has made
- Checks: You can ignore this if you are not a developer
- Important - Files changed: See the difference between the old and new files being changed. Red highlighting indicates deleted parts and green highlighting indicates added parts. This visual preview of the changes to a markdown file is accessed via Files changed | Display the rich diff
Figure: Reviewing tabs in a GitHub Pull Request
Figure: The view via "Display the rich diff" button
- Approve OR ask for changesa. Go to Files changed | Review changes b. Select an option:
- Choose "Approve" to mark it as ready to go live Add a comment with feedback (if necessary)
- Choose "Comment" for general feedback when PR it's not ready for approval
- Choose "Request changes" for mandatory changes to the PR
c. Press "Submit review" so that the requester can see it
Figure: Steps for submitting a Pull Request review
- Done - your review has been submitted ⭐