GitHub stacked PRs are now available
GitHub announces stacked pull requests and explains how they help teams break large changes into smaller, reviewable layers that can be merged one-by-one or all at once.
Overview
The video introduces GitHub stacked PRs as a workflow for splitting a large change into multiple pull requests that build on each other. It focuses on reducing review time and confusion by keeping each PR smaller and easier to understand.
What problem stacked PRs target
Large pull requests tend to be:
- Slower to review
- Harder to debug
- More likely to cause misunderstandings during review
What stacked PRs enable
With stacked pull requests, developers can:
- Break work into clean, manageable layers
- Merge pull requests:
- One by one (layer-by-layer)
- All at once