Approving a pull request with required reviews

Approve pull requests with required reviews, including setting approval rules, reviewing changes, and submitting feedback before merging.

You can comment on a pull request, approve the changes, or request improvements before approving. See Reviewing proposed changes in a pull request.

You can find a pull request where you or a team you're a member of is requested for review with the search qualifier review-requested:[USERNAME] or team-review-requested:[TEAMNAME]. For more information, see Searching issues and pull requests.

Tip

If a pull request you approved has changed significantly, you can dismiss your review. The pull request will need a new review before it can be merged. See Dismissing a pull request review.

  1. Under your repository name, click Pull requests.

  2. In the list of pull requests, click the pull request you'd like to review.

  3. On the pull request, click Files changed.

    Screenshot of the tabs for a pull request. The "Files changed" tab is outlined in dark orange.