Quick access to merge status anywhere in pull requests [public preview]

[ebndev]

We are rolling out the pull request merge status at the top of every pull request page! Check merge readiness from anywhere in the pull request experience, including the new "Files changed" page. Click to open the details so you can quickly identify blockers, missing approvals, and get your pull request ready to merge.

If you're still using the classic "Files changed" page, you'll need to opt into the new experience to view the merge status from this page. Learn more by checking out our changelog about the new experience.

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[opti]

Did it intend to remove "Update with rebase" option from PR show page?

[broksonic21]

We’ve seen the update branch via rebase option disappear since this was released. See related thread on this: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/188567

Can this be addressed? Thanks!

[ebndev]

Hi @opti and @broksonic21, we appreciate you reaching out to report this issue! 

The GitHub team is aware of this and is working on a solution. We'll provide details when they're available in this discussion.

Please subscribe to that post to receive real-time notifications on updates. If you have further questions or additional details about your experience, please comment directly there as well.

[mpiorowski]

Love it! Dont need to scroll down everytime somethings change / breaks

[wagoodman]

This is great --one nit pick: I have a lot of vertical realestate but there is a small window which checks show up in, so I need to scroll to see all of them. I realize you're probably re-using the same component UI-wise, however, it would be much better if this component would eliminate the need to scroll so much in a small nested i-frame-like-thing to see all checks.

[vanessa-kalu]

Thanks for sharing this! We'll add this to our roadmap

[asherone0]

Did this change remove the Edit button that allows changing the base branch for a pull request?

[vanessa-kalu]

@asherone0 we replaced the edit button with a pencil icon (next to the PR number). When you select the pencil icon, you can also edit the base branch

[asherone0]

Found it, thanks

[Euan-McVie]

@vanessa-kalu - Maybe the tooltip on hover should be updated to state that it edits both title and target branch as its not obvious due to its placement and current tooltip.

[josemfche]

Useful 👍🏽

[Zalathar]

This change is visually awful.

For the repositories I interact with, it just means that there is now a giant distracting red X at the top of every single PR, which conveys no useful information and is not actionable.

Please bear in mind that some repositories use an alternative mechanism to approve merges, and this change hurts anyone involved with those repositories.

[Zalathar]

Unfortunately this is not the first design change to shove a gigantic unhelpful red element in the user's face. We had similar problems with the overhaul of the merge status box at the bottom of the page.

[Zalathar]

Also the CSS for this new button is a total mess, making it impractical to perform any kind of client-side accessibility adjustment.

[Zalathar]

Having this slowly-loading item animate in the corner of the page also makes the PR page unusable for several seconds.

That causes every PR page load to be substantially slower in practice, which is very frustrating.

[gps035]

If there's room on the screen, I think the status of more checks should be displayed. It seems odd to require scrolling the in list of checks when there's a lot of whitespace below the merge button

[Camaromelt]

Nice change.

[fishmonger45]

Minor copy: When a PR is missing a review the language is forwardly geared to "Awaiting approval". It should perhaps be something neutral like "Awaiting review"?

[trongtai37]

Combining this view with the Overview info of the PR would be better