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Pull Request Templates (gomakethings.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev
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[–] chrash0@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

honestly, i hate having a form for my coworkers to fill out. i’ve done it before. i’ve seen it done. i prefer my collaborators, especially in a work environment to do the professional thing and give me enough context to understand the change. i don’t want to have to treat my coworkers like half interested children, but that temptation is always there. a bunch of “did you do your homework?” check boxes feels condescending by proxy. we don’t need a check box for “are the tests passing?” cuz we have automated tests and CI.

i prefer something that just nudges people in the right direction if i can get away with it.

just this week i added a template that read like:

PR guidelines are in CONTRIBUTING.md

This text is meant to be replaced by a short description of your change to inform as to _why_ this change was made to help us triage errors when things go wrong, to provide relevant context to reviewers, and as a matter of due diligence.
[–] codeinabox@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

I know what you mean. Quite often when I've worked in a project where there is a pull request template, a lot of the time people don't bother to fill it out. However, in an ideal world, people would be proud of the work that they've delivered, and take the time to describe the changes when raising a pull request.