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GitHub pull request reviews line comments behaviour


Recently GitHub introduced some new features including Pull Request Reviews.

In the past, line comments in Pull Requests would collapse like this after the line was changed in further commits:

Commented on an outdated diff

Since the launch of the new feature, line comments no longer collapse even after further commits that address the issues. So far I've only had one PR and I'm not sure if the reviewer added single comments or used the new "Start a review" feature.

How can I get the old behaviour back or does it improve in the new "Start a review" feature?

I've watched their video tutorial on this feature and I can't determine whether the behaviour right now is what I'm supposed to be experiencing.


Solution

  • I sent a message to GitHub support and received the following response:

    Sorry for the trouble! We are aware that with reviews comments no longer become "outdated" after new code is pushed.

    This is definitely on our radar as something we need to address. I can't give a timeline for it, but we will be looking into it soon.