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Gerrit is a web based code review system, facilitating online code reviews for projects using the Git version control system.

Gerrit is a web based code review system, facilitating online code reviews for projects using the Git version control system.

Gerrit makes reviews easier by showing changes in a side-by-side display, and allowing inline comments to be added by any reviewer.

Gerrit simplifies Git based project maintainership by permitting any authorized user to submit changes to the master Git repository, rather than requiring all approved changes to be merged in by hand by the project maintainer. This functionality enables a more centralized usage of Git.

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Gerrit code review, or Github's fork and pull model?

I am starting a software project that will be team AND community developed. I was previously sold on gerrit, but now Github's fork and pull request model seem to almost provide more tools, ways to visualize commits, and ease of use. For someone who…
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Gerrit, git and reviewing whole branch

I'm now learning Gerrit (which is the first code review tool I use). Gerrit requires a reviewed change to consist of a single commit. My feature branch has about 10 commits. The gerrit-prefered way is to squash those 10 commits into a single one.…
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Documentation of code review

In a project we have a rather formal code review, which is currently done manually and documented in Excel sheets and Word docs. We would like to improve the current code review process by integrating it into a Git workflow (utilizing tools like…
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Gerrit: Working around the "single-change:single-commit" principle. Need Feedback

I have been using Gerrit in my work environment and I find it really amazing and powerful because of its elegant use of git's branching features to create virtual branches for code reviews (the "refs/changes/*" branches). However a common pain point…
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Using gerrit (or similar tool) on a team where multiple devs work on a single feature

We have a team of roughly ~8 devs who regularly work on the same feature over the course of a 3 week sprint. It isn't quite pair programming, but in our current workflow devs regularly push up incomplete code for a colleague to complete. This worked…
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As a solo programmer, of what use can Gerrit be?

Disclaimer: I'm aware of the questions How do I review my own code? and What advantages do continuous integration tools offer on a solo project?. I do feel that this question aims at a different set of answers though, as it is about a specific…
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