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Finally, a Github Native Inbox for Your Pull Requests!
By improving visibility, facilitating communication, and increasing efficiency, a pull request inbox can help streamline code review and make it easier for teams to keep track of their PRs
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In today's fast-paced software development world, keeping track of pull requests (PRs) can be a challenging task. With numerous PRs submitted daily, it can be difficult to keep track of what needs to be reviewed, what has been approved, and what needs additional work. Relying on Slack or email to organize a pull request queue is a nightmare and doesn’t scale with organization size.
Reducing communication thrash is a top goal for software teams, especially remote ones. An inbox for your pull requests can help streamline code review and make it easier for teams to keep track of PRs. Most big tech companies have their own internal tooling to provide this central inbox, but sadly Github doesn’t offer one natively.
To fix this, we built a chrome extension to add an easy to use PR inbox delivered directly in Github!
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There are several benefits of having a dedicated inbox for your pull requests.
- Improved visibility
An inbox allows teams to see all of incoming PRs in one place, making it easy to keep track of what needs to be reviewed, what has been approved, and what is blocked. Team members can easily identify which PRs need their direct attention and can stay up to date on the progress of other PRs on their team. This helps increase code context exposure and reduce knowledge siloes within a team.
- Streamlined communication
Many teams today rely on slack and email for PR alerts. But this workflow doesn’t scale well with organization size, and makes it hard to keep track of discussions. An inbox helps reduce the need to remind reviewers when PRs have are waiting for them, minimizing mental overhead and reducing the time code is blocked on review.
- Increased efficiency
An inbox for your pull requests can help increase efficiency by making it easier to prioritize PRs based on their importance. Teams can quickly see which PRs are most critical, allowing them to prioritize their reviews and ensure that the most important changes are made first. This can help save time and reduce the risk of missing critical changes.
By improving visibility, facilitating communication, and increasing efficiency, a pull request inbox can help streamline code review and make it easier for teams to keep track of their PRs. If you're not already using an inbox for your pull requests, now is the time to start!
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