For non-trivial reviews, when there are files with several changes, I tend to do the following in Git:
Create local branch for the pr to review
Squash if necessary to get everything in the one commit
Soft reset, so all the changes are modifications in the working tree
Go thru the modificiations “in situ” so to speak, so I get the entire context, with changes marked in the IDE, instead of just a few lines on either side.
Just curious if this is “a bit weird”, or something others do as well?
(ed: as others mentioned, a squash-merge and reset, or reset back without squashing, is the same, so step 2 isn’t necessary:))
Not too weird. Personally I use a tool called reviewable.io which essentially does the same thing but bundled into a nice UI. It depends on the branch though, if there are a lot of changes and it’s a senior developer then the changes are usually broken up into meaningful commits but usually the commits are just a ball of mud.
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Not too weird. Personally I use a tool called reviewable.io which essentially does the same thing but bundled into a nice UI. It depends on the branch though, if there are a lot of changes and it’s a senior developer then the changes are usually broken up into meaningful commits but usually the commits are just a ball of mud.