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Reviewer

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/rɪˈvjuːər/nounCore term

In software engineering, reviewer means: A teammate who reads and checks someone else's code changes, usually in a pull request, before they are allowed to be merged.

In Turkish: inceleyen, kod inceleyici, gözden geçiren

How it is used

You add, assign or request a reviewer on GitHub or GitLab. Many teams require one or two reviewers to approve each change. A reviewer can approve, comment or request changes. The person who wrote the code is the author.

Example sentences

  1. I added you as a reviewer on the payment PR. No rush, end of day is fine.

  2. We need a second reviewer from the security team before this can be merged.

Common collocations

  • add a reviewer
  • request a reviewer
  • required reviewers
  • second reviewer
  • code reviewThe practice of teammates reading and commenting on each other's code changes before they are merged, to catch problems and share knowledge.
  • pull requestA request to merge your code changes from one branch into another, so that teammates can review and discuss them first.
  • approveTo officially say that a change, plan or request is acceptable. In code review, approving a pull request allows it to be merged.
  • LGTMShort for 'looks good to me': a quick written comment a reviewer leaves to say that a code change is fine and can be merged.

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