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Follow the path from opening a pull request to merging it. Explore review practices, collaboration patterns, and the measurements that reveal bottlenecks.

Terms beginning with C

10 terms

  • Change author

    Change author is a practical concept in a pull-request workflow that shapes how people examine, discuss, own, or integrate a proposed change.

    Code review

  • Change request

    A change request is reviewer feedback that asks the author to modify a proposed change before it can be accepted.

    Code review

  • Change suggestion

    Change suggestion is a practical concept in a pull-request workflow that shapes how people examine, discuss, own, or integrate a proposed change.

    Code review

  • Code ownership

    Code ownership assigns review responsibility for particular files, directories, or system areas to named people or teams.

    Code review

  • Code review

    Code review is the examination of a proposed code change by someone other than its author, or by an automated reviewer, before or after integration. It helps identify problems, share context, and assess whether a change fits the surrounding system.

    Code review

  • Code review checklist

    A code review checklist is a repeatable set of questions that helps reviewers examine behavior, tests, security, operations, and maintainability.

    Code review

  • Code review time

    Code review time is the elapsed period associated with reviewing a proposed change. Teams may measure time to first response, time from opening to approval, or time from opening to merge, and those intervals describe different parts of the review process.

    Code review

  • CODEOWNERS

    A CODEOWNERS file maps repository paths to people or teams that should be requested for review when matching files change.

    Code review

  • Comment resolution time

    Comment resolution time is a practical concept in a pull-request workflow that shapes how people examine, discuss, own, or integrate a proposed change.

    Code review

  • Comment-only review

    Comment-only review is a practical concept in a pull-request workflow that shapes how people examine, discuss, own, or integrate a proposed change.

    Code review