PULL REQUEST WORKFLOW in AZURE DEVOPS - Raising a PR, Reviewing and Setting up Branch Policies

Hello Friends, Code review is an essential practice of the development life cycle. It helps improve the code quality, unify team practices, share knowledge, mentoring, etc. over a longer period of time. It helps find mistakes that are overlooked while developing and helps improve the overall quality of the software. This helps accelerate the deployment process as changes are more likely to pass through testing. Raising Pull Requests (PR) lets your team review code and give feedback on changes before merging it into the master branch. Reviewers can step through the proposed changes, leave comments, and vote to approve or reject the code.
In this video, I will show you how to raise a Pull Request (PR) in Azure DevOps, associate work items, add reviewers. I then wear the reviewer's hat and show how to add comments to the PR, raise suggestions (that can be applied directly from DevOps), and approve or reject the PR.
As a team, it is a good practice to set branch policies to ensure only reviewed code gets merged into your main development branch. I will show how to set branch policies, automatically add reviewers to the PR, and set automated builds on raising PR.
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[@NikhilKumar-ig6qi]

excellent video on branch policy. Really helped to understand the concepts of pr requests in no nonsense terms.

[@RahulNath]

Thanks Nikhil! Glad it helped

[@11504104067]

Thank you for covering this Rahul :) - it was really helpful. Would like to see a dedicated one on CI, CD

[@RahulNath]

Thanks again Rakesh. Did you have any particular parts of CI/CD? My DevOps Playlist covers a lot of scenarios including CI/CD pipelines for the various app types. kzbin.info/aero/PL59L9XrzUa-m7AFDgjWuwm6exyCklc03U Happy to point to specific ones, if you are after anything in particular.

[@shubhajyotipaul2094]

Finally a video which tells the location of branch policies T^T

[@RahulNath]

Glad it helped!

[@KarthikNagendiran]

Very good video and clear explanation of concepts. Thank You!

[@RahulNath]

You are welcome!

[@PraveenKumar-ft2kr]

Super brother... Than you for the perfect explanation :)

[@RahulNath]

You're most welcome Praveen! You might also want to check out the two series there bit.ly/azure-devops-series bit.ly/asp-net-core-series

[@bookofproofs]

Thank you, a very good educational video.

[@RahulNath]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imrankhan-wy3yb]

Superb man. Loved everything and explained very well

[@RahulNath]

Glad you liked it Imran!

[@luisgustavofernandezbatres5352]

It's a very good and complete example. Thank you!

[@RahulNath]

You are welcome!

[@bigneon2]

thanks, very helpful!

[@RahulNath]

You're welcome!

[@chethankumar9666]

wow.. i like way Rahul Nath describes it,,.. awesome.. many thanks

[@RahulNath]

You're most welcome Chethan!

[@sfincione2000]

Excellent overview of the process. Nice job.

[@RahulNath]

Thank you and glad you like it!

[@moelmakrani7116]

Great video, Rahul. You are a very good teacher!

[@RahulNath]

Glad you think so! Hope you are enjoying the other videos.

[@NabranAboubacar]

Nice Info there, thx for sharing.

[@RahulNath]

Glad it helped!

[@pramilgawande2800]

Very insightful video

[@RahulNath]

Thank you!

[@khaledzeidiyeh823]

Thanks for sharing. I was looking for how to modify the code within the pull request. Thanks again!

[@RahulNath]

Glad I could help! Hope all your queries are resolved? Feel free to ask here if not.

[@xandrovich5976]

This is an excellent video - top-notch!

[@RahulNath]

Glad you liked it!!

[@etalon11]

Good work! Much Information.

[@RahulNath]

Glad it was helpful! You might like my other videos in the ASP NET Series kzbin.info/aero/PL59L9XrzUa-nqfCHIKazYMFRKapPNI4sP

[@AnickRazibul]

Very nice. Thanks Rahul.

[@RahulNath]

Thank you Anu. Don't forget to checkout my popular playlists! Azure DevOps - kzbin.info/aero/PL59L9XrzUa-m7AFDgjWuwm6exyCklc03U ASP.NET Core - kzbin.info/aero/PL59L9XrzUa-nqfCHIKazYMFRKapPNI4sP

[@snehilverma1772]

thanks bro, this helps a lot. Although can you suggest me something on how to make build process, and explain status checks?

[@RahulNath]

Can you provide more details on what you are trying to do? I have various videos in my DevOps series on setting up build process bit.ly/azure-devops-series

[@yvindballe4789]

Excellent tutorial 🙌🏼

[@RahulNath]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mdrezowantalukder9059]

Thanks. It helped

[@RahulNath]

Glad to hear!

[@dataarq945]

Thanks Rahul, Clear and good Explanation

[@RahulNath]

You're most welcome!!

[@SruthiA-si4ss]

very informative and good explanation :) thanks a lot bro

[@s.sasisekhar4608]

You saved my time

[@RahulNath]

Glad to hear that! Do check out my devops series here bit.ly/azure-devops-series

[@harithasantosh]

Very nice video .Can you please also do videos on interview questions in azure for freshers ,medium level and experienced level

[@RahulNath]

Thank you Santosh. Good suggestion. I am planning to start a C# series focusing on some the basic concepts. Hope that will help with interviews.

[@shshawon39]

Great video bro!!!

[@RahulNath]

Happy it helped!

[@AmitPatils]

You just got new subscriber :)

[@RahulNath]

Yay! Thank you!

[@krishna172225]

Dear Rahul..Can you please explain about the rebase and Squash merge

[@RahulNath]

Nice suggestion Krishna - I have added it to my list. I will do one to cover git usage.

[@maxlau4321]

Thank you so much Rahul!!!

[@RahulNath]

Glad you like it Max!

[@GarvitDhasmana]

Thank You so much

[@RahulNath]

You're welcome!

[@rahulswami7754]

Well explained!!!!

[@RahulNath]

Thank you Rahul! 😀

[@kharratGhada]

Hello Rahul, how can i create an azure environment for my pull request spring boot application, doing tests on the exposed apis, then once i merge the pull request the created environment will be deleted

[@kharratGhada]

Hello Rahul, how can i create an azure environment for my pull request spring boot application , then doing tests in the exposed apis, once i merge my pull request, the azure environment created for my pull request will be deleted

[@shreekumarmenothparambil3478]

Hi Rahul, Can we create a group of users like a pool, inorder to accept Bug or Change request from the pool rather than assigning a specific member.

[@RahulNath]

yes you can add groups and assign them to PR's. What trouble are you facing doing this?

[@javierpajon68]

「もっと多くの人が必要なので、このビデオをもっと

[@RahulNath]

Not sure what this translates to - but thank you 😀

[@mohammadmoahammad6249]

thnks ..can we automaticly reject pr if build pipleine failed?

[@RahulNath]

Yes you can using Branch Policies. I talk about it at 17:11 in this video

[@Raj-si5yz]

Thanks .I have one question.How to do auto merge from one branch to another branch

[@RahulNath]

Happy you liked it Raj. 18:56 is that what you are looking for?

[@Raj-si5yz]

@@RahulNath Thanks Rahul for reply.Yes exactly.I have three branch branch 1 , branch2 and branch 3.From branch 1 to 2 there is not PR approval.So once it's approved then only we are moving branch 2 to 3. What I seen in your video merge automatically.So once we ✔️ on automatic merge then what whatever changes comes in branch 2 .It will come in branch 2 to 3 automatically?.

[@RahulNath]

@@Raj-si5yz Yes any commits on a PR branch will automatically appear on the PR and trigger a new build (if that is linked). Based on policies it can also invalidate existing approvals (if any), since the code has changed. Give it a try and let me know in case you run into any issues.

[@Raj-si5yz]

@@RahulNath Thanks a bunch. I will check and I will inform you. :)

[@RahulNath]

@@Raj-si5yz Sure do let me know!

[@sushmithashetty5324]

Is there any way to stop the trigger in jenkins when pull request is updated in azure

[@RahulNath]

There should be, been a while since I have used Jenkins. Hope you figured it out.

[@TellaTrix]

As you have mentioned in this video. like integration with teamcity server is it possible to publish artifact from teamcity to azure devops ? Our legacy services and repository are hosted on premises server and i want to trigger build from Teamcity server to Azure devops.

[@RahulNath]

Yes should be possible. Depends on what all you are trying to keep in Teamcity and migrate to devops. Does this help? www.jetbrains.com/help/teamcity/integrating-teamcity-with-vcs-hosting-services.html

[@hyndaviyadav6399]

How to trigger the build after the PR ?in classic editor?

[@RahulNath]

Once you go into the pipeline definition you should have an options to 'Run Pipeline'. Is that what you are looking for?

[@subhankarpati8370]

Hello Rahul, How to trigger all the build pipelines in case of Pull Request if I have multiple projects in the azure devops repo and there are different pipeline for each project.

[@RahulNath]

So you have Project1-> Repo1->Build1 and Project2->Repo2->Build2. And you want to trigger both builds whenever a pull request is raised for one of the Repo's. Is that what you are trying to achieve? Why do you want that ?

[@Imhemantnegi]

If someone says, how to to create a CI for a new PR. What does that means ? Are you create an individual Jobs for that new pull request, if I am not wrong

[@RahulNath]

It mostly is to trigger a build/release (if that is not automated for PR's). But it's very hard to tell what exactly it would mean. Best would be to confirm/chat with your team/individual that mentioned this. Hope you sort this out!

[@vishalpoudel6712]

Hi rahul i have imported a project from git to azure, after making some changes to git repo files how can i push that to azure repo and visa versa ?

[@RahulNath]

Hope you figured this out. You need to create a repository in Azure and add the remote URL to your repo and push up the changes.

[@swatiyp6502]

Tq, in ur case there were 4 errors, but pr reflects only 1. Is there a way to see all the errors on the PR.

[@RahulNath]

Hey Swati, Can you point me to the location in the video that you are referring to?

[@swatiyp6502]

24:15 once the build fails

[@swatiyp6502]

I hv a pipeline with 4 checks, but pr shows the 1st one. When I click on it, it will show the build and all the errors. Is there any way that all the errors are shown on the PR itself

[@swatiyp6502]

And really thanks for such quick response

[@RahulNath]

Ah ok got it - I'm not sure if there is way for that.@@swatiyp6502

[@davidhosni2655]

This is Amazing , Thank you.

[@triyuga]

What, no "Hello Everyone" ??

[@triyuga]

Oh finally at 00:51

[@RahulNath]

Hehe how can I miss that 😀

[@kunalpanchal272]

Hello Rahul, how can I get in touch with you? I need some help

[@RahulNath]

Details in my About page - email or twitter works fine

[@KrishnaList]

I have 3 branches Dev Test Prod When i pulled request then i have choosen wrong branch and approve it but not completed I have to choose Pull request Dev To Test But my mistake i have choosen Pull request dev to master approve it but not complete Is there any way to change branch pull request to master to test

[@RahulNath]

Hey Amit, You can Abandon the Pull Request and create a new one docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/git/pull-requests?view=azure-devops?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003875#complete-the-pull-request Let know if that helps.

[@hackwithharsha5228]

Good video, just a suggestion.. take breath and speak freely... i am feeling like listening to bot.. no offence to content.. subscribed

[@RahulNath]

glad you liked the video and thank you for your feedback. Yes I totally agree and have been trying to improve since I started the channel. Slowly getting better at it 😀 Thanks for subscribing!

[@7contractors]

Mighty thx! this was really good. Do you have a cashApp?

[@RahulNath]

Glad it helped! What is cashApp? If you are looking to support me, you can buy me coffee ☕www.buymeacoffee.com/rahulpnath

[@srikanthchincholi481]

really kool stuff but Why So Serious ??? :)

[@RahulNath]

Glad you like it Srikanth. Working on being no 'so serious' on the camera 😀

[@arunkumarkt8730]

He is reading a script!

[@RahulNath]

Yes ofcourse I have a script (not word-by-word though) 😀. Here is what I used for this video if it interests you www.notion.so/rahulpnath/DevOps-PR-20a3bd06227b45c19cb40614c488d23c