Quick summary
Approving a pull request on GitHub requires navigating to the correct repository, reviewing Files changed, and submitting a formal review decision. This process lets team members approve code, leave comments, or request changes before merging.
Steps
- Navigate to the repository that contains the pull request you want to approve.
- Click on the Pull requests tab at the top of the repository page.
- Select the pull request you want to review from the list.
- Click on Files changed to view the code differences.
- Click Review changes on the right side if you want to add comments before approving.
- Select Comment if you are only leaving notes without a formal decision.
- Select Approve and add an optional comment if the changes are ready to merge.
- Select Request changes if modifications are needed before the PR can be approved.
- Click Submit review to finalize your approval decision.
