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Pull requests (PRs) foster collaboration within your team, ensuring code changes go through required reviews, approvals, and checks before being merged to the base branch.

Create a pull request​

  1. In your repository, go to Pull Requests and select New Pull Request.

  2. Select the base branch and the compare branch, which is the branch that you want to merge into the base branch.

  3. Add the Title and Description.

  4. If this PR is ready for review, select Create pull request.

    To save a PR as a draft, select the dropdown next to Create pull request, and then select Create draft pull request.

  5. Request reviews and then merge the PR.

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You can also create PRs by comparing branches and when committing changes.

Compare & Pull Request Banner​

When a commit is pushed to a branch without an existing pull request, Harness Code Repository displays a banner at the top of the repository page, allowing the user to quickly create a PR from that branch.

Banner Visibility

The banner appears for 2 hours after changes are pushed to a branch. Once this time window passes, the banner no longer displays on page load.

Only the three most recently updated branches are eligible to show the banner.

AI PR Summary​

Harness AI can automatically generate intelligent summaries for your pull requests based on the code changes and diff. This feature helps streamline code reviews by providing context-aware descriptions of what changed and why.

Prerequisites​

To use AI PR Summary, Harness AI must be enabled in your account settings:

  1. Navigate to Account Settings in your Harness account
  2. Go to the Harness AI section
  3. Enable Harness AI by toggling the switch to ON

Generate an AI summary​

When creating or editing a pull request:

  1. Open your pull request in Harness Code Repository
  2. In the PR description area, click the AI Summary button
  3. Harness AI will analyze the PR diff and generate an intelligent summary describing:
    • What changes were made
    • The purpose and impact of the changes
    • Key modifications across files

The AI-generated summary provides a concise overview that helps reviewers quickly understand the scope and intent of your changes, making the code review process more efficient.

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AI PR Summary requires Harness AI to be enabled in your account settings and may take a few moments to generate based on the size of your PR diff.

Close a pull request​

If you decide a pull request is invalid or not ready for review, you can close it.

  1. In your repository, go to Pull Requests, and select the PR you want to close.
  2. Select More options (⋮) next to Squash and merge.
  3. Select Close pull request.

To reopen the PR, select Open for review.