Challenges with GitHub Code Review Process and Shelved Git-Review Tool Experiment
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Summary
The article discusses the author's negative experience with their git-review tool experiment, which was designed to address shortcomings in GitHub's code review process. The author identifies two main problems with GitHub and other code review systems: the inability to review code in the context of the entire codebase (rather than just changes) and the lack of support for reviewing code in its final form. The tool was shelved due to technical challenges with Git's diff algorithm limitations and the complexity of implementing the desired functionality.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledA lot of people are unsatisfied with GitHub's code review process.
The first problem is that I want to review code in the context of the entire codebase, not just the changes.
The second problem is that I want to review code in its final form, not in the form of a diff.
We decided to shelve git-review, at least for the time being.
Git's diff algorithm is not designed to show you the code in its final form.
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