tl;dr commands: (unless it's a forked repo, see commands here)
git fetch upstream
git checkout 45-add-waffle-badges //for example
yarn
yarn test
// Press a to run all tests
// Press q to quit watch mode.
yarn start
// Navigate to http://localhost:3000, then review and inspect the app and its elements for expected and unexpected behavior
Then skip to the Reviewing from GitHub section
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This way, before the merge takes place, we have some quality control, and allow the collaborator making the request to improve their code.
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So you're ready to contribute by reviewing a pull request? Great! We'll walk you through the process step by step.
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We're going to assume the PR is for
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First, go to your terminal and fetch any new branches with
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Then, navigate to the branch which you want to provide a PR review with
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Once on the PR branch, fetch and merge with
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Now, you are ready to run the tests to verify everything is passing. For this, you'll need to run
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Having verified all the tests pass, you can start the server with
yarn startand navigate tohttp://0.0.0.0:3000in your browser to check that everything compiles correctly.
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The next step is to navigate to SFN-Client's repo.
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Click on the Pull Request tab to see all available PR's.
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Find the Pull Request you want to review and click on it.
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Once on the PR, in this case,
45-add-waffle-badges, at the bottom of the page you will seeReview required. -
Before adding your review, check to make sure the branch is not out of date with the base branch, and if it is,
Update branch.
- If the branch is up-to-date, it will look like this:
with Merge pull request blocked because it needs to be reviewed.
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You can click on
Diff Settingsdropdown to chooseUnifiedform, rather than the defaultSplitto see the changes more clearly.
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You can also add comments to a particular line of code, by clicking on the plus icon when you hover over a line.

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You can then either just provide the single comment or start a review, if you haven't, yet.

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Clicking on
Add your reviewwill take you to the page where you can see the changes andComment,Approve, orRequest changes, as appropriate.
- Assuming you approve the Pull Request, you will be taken back to the PR and prompted to
Merge pull requestwith everything in green.
- Then,
Confirm mergeto finish your PR review.
- Sometimes, there will be conflicts that must be resolved before making your review.
- Working through conflicts, via the command line, is straightforward using these instructions, provided by GitHub.
- If you prefer, you can also click on the
Resolve conflictslink which will take you to the merge conflicts. - For each file with a merge conflict, you'll click on
Mark as resolvedso you can move on to the next one:
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Be sure to remove the branch name comments and the equals sign line, as you decide how to resolve:
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As the develop branch merges, you will be taken back to the Pull Request where you can make your review.
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Check out This Link for tips on reviewing React code.
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Thank you for your collaboration in reviewing Pull requests. This is an essential part of working as a team to improve code.
tl;dr commands (actually, if you read the step-by-step instructions for a non-forked repo, then these are very similar.
With this example, you can run the following commands:
git remote add mike https://github.com/aonomike/sfn-client
git fetch mike
git checkout 98_refactor-tests-to-use-enzyme
git pull
yarn && yarn test
// Press a to run all tests
// Press q to quit watch mode.
yarn start
// Navigate to http://localhost:3000, then review and inspect the app and its elements for expected and unexpected behavior
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