Pull Request reviews (alpha)
Pull Request reviews (alpha)
Your development speed can only be as fast as your code review cycle, yet the tools we use to manage pull request (PR) reviews are complicated and unreliable. It's hard to know which PRs need attention and easy to miss a request to review a PR.
We are making your PRs visible in Linear to streamline the review process. You'll receive notifications in your Linear Inbox whenever you are asked to review or need to take action on a PR. Get early access to this feature by joining the public alpha.
Reviews section
See all of your open PRs and PRs you need to review in a new Reviews section in the sidebar. Flip through the list to read descriptions, check status, see related issues, and add comments—all without leaving Linear. Comments sync bi-directionally, so they'll appear in both Linear and GitHub no matter where the comment is made.
Notifications
Notifications appear in your Linear Inbox whenever you need to take action on a PR, so you don't have to juggle multiple notification streams across different tools.
- PR authors receive notifications for new comments, when builds fail, and when someone has left a review
- Reviewers receive notifications when someone requests their review and for comments in threads they're participating in
- Anyone mentioned in a PR comment within Linear will receive a corresponding mention in Github and vice versa
Join the alpha
Go to Settings > Account > Connected accounts to enable Pull Request reviews for your personal account. This is an open alpha release available on all workspaces that have enabled the GitHub integration.
This feature is still in development. We're seeking feedback early since pull request reviews are such a critical part of engineering workflows. Next, we're planning to add support for merging PRs from Linear, viewing code diffs, and to add the same functionality to the GitLab integration. Read more in the docs and share feedback in the #pr-reviews-alpha channel in the community Slack.
Sub-grouping in issue lists
Use sub-groups to organize a list of issues across two properties. For example, you can group your current cycle by assignee and then sub-group by status. This sub-grouping configuration allows you to see what everyone is working on and the progress they are making.
Table improvements
Tables in Linear got several upgrades. Here are some new functionalities we added:
- Add lists within table cells by pasting, converting text to a list, or using Markdown
- Rearrange table columns and rows with drag and drop
- Select table cells with
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