github.com/kchristidis/fabric@v1.0.4-0.20171028114726-837acd08cde1/docs/source/Gerrit/reviewing.rst (about) 1 Reviewing a Change 2 ================== 3 4 1. Click on a link for incoming or outgoing review. 5 6 2. The details of the change and its current status are loaded: 7 8 - **Status:** Displays the current status of the change. In the example 9 below, the status reads: Needs Verified. 10 11 - **Reply:** Click on this button after reviewing to add a final review 12 message and a score, -1, 0 or +1. 13 14 - **Patch Sets:** If multiple revisions of a patch exist, this button 15 enables navigation among revisions to see the changes. By default, 16 the most recent revision is presented. 17 18 - **Download:** This button brings up another window with multiple 19 options to download or checkout the current changeset. The button on 20 the right copies the line to your clipboard. You can easily paste it 21 into your git interface to work with the patch as you prefer. 22 23 Underneath the commit information, the files that have been changed by 24 this patch are displayed. 25 26 3. Click on a filename to review it. Select the code base to 27 differentiate against. The default is ``Base`` and it will generally 28 be what is needed. 29 30 4. The review page presents the changes made to the file. At the top of 31 the review, the presentation shows some general navigation options. 32 Navigate through the patch set using the arrows on the top right 33 corner. It is possible to go to the previous or next file in the set 34 or to return to the main change screen. Click on the yellow sticky 35 pad to add comments to the whole file. 36 37 The focus of the page is on the comparison window. The changes made are 38 presented in green on the right versus the base version on the left. 39 Double click to highlight the text within the actual change to provide 40 feedback on a specific section of the code. Press *c* once the code is 41 highlighted to add comments to that section. 42 43 5. After adding the comment, it is saved as a *Draft*. 44 45 6. Once you have reviewed all files and provided feedback, click the 46 *green up arrow* at the top right to return to the main change page. 47 Click the ``Reply`` button, write some final comments, and submit 48 your score for the patch set. Click ``Post`` to submit the review of 49 each reviewed file, as well as your final comment and score. Gerrit 50 sends an email to the change-submitter and all listed reviewers. 51 Finally, it logs the review for future reference. All individual 52 comments are saved as *Draft* until the ``Post`` button is clicked. 53 54 .. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License 55 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 56