I use WIP bot wherever possible, never touched draft PRs. I much prefer the simplicity of having “🚧” at the start of the title and then the pending bot check over the draft PR UI.
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But there are benefits that draft PRs have that WIP bot can't provide.
There are multiple visible indicators that it is a draft PR, WIP is limited in this.
Draft PRs can't be merged, WIP bot can't block merges.
If you have a CODEOWNERS file in your repository, a draft pull request will suppress notifications to those reviewers until it is marked as ready for review.
There are multiple visible indicators that it is a draft PR, WIP is limited in this.
I honestly prefer having the single indicator of the 🚧 emoji in the title.
Draft PRs can't be merged, WIP bot can't block merges.
It can... have branch protection rules in place that require all checks to pass :)
If you have a CODEOWNERS file in your repository, a draft pull request will suppress notifications to those reviewers until it is marked as ready for review.
Never personally worked on a project with code owners, either manually requested views or had a bot that requests reviews once all checks pass.
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I use WIP bot wherever possible, never touched draft PRs. I much prefer the simplicity of having “🚧” at the start of the title and then the pending bot check over the draft PR UI.
But there are benefits that draft PRs have that WIP bot can't provide.
I honestly prefer having the single indicator of the 🚧 emoji in the title.
It can... have branch protection rules in place that require all checks to pass :)
Never personally worked on a project with code owners, either manually requested views or had a bot that requests reviews once all checks pass.