Why small merge requests are key to a great review

1 · · March 18, 2021, 5:27 p.m.
This post is adapted from a GitLab Unfiltered blog post written by me, David O'Regan. In part one of our series, we explain the importance of fairness and empathetic thinking in code reviews and in part two we explain why patch files bring added value to code reviews. The GitLab handbook defines iteration as doing the smallest thing possible to get it out as quickly as possible. If there was a single guiding principle I could suggest you lean into with your merge requests it would be iteration. ...