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Reviewing Pull Requests

Best practices for reviewing bounty submissions and triggering payouts.

Tracking Incoming PRs

MergeFund automatically tracks pull requests that reference your bounty issues. You'll see incoming PRs in your dashboard with their status:

PassingAll CI checks are passing
PendingCI checks are still running
FailingOne or more CI checks failed

Review Checklist

  • Code Quality

    Does the code follow your project's style guidelines?

  • Completeness

    Does the PR fully address the issue requirements?

  • Tests

    Are there appropriate tests for the changes?

  • Documentation

    Is documentation updated if needed?

Providing Feedback

Be Constructive

Provide specific, actionable feedback that helps the contributor improve their submission.

Respond Promptly

Quick responses encourage contributors and keep the process moving.

Triggering Payouts

Payouts are triggered automatically when you merge a PR that references a funded bounty issue. Simply:

  1. 1.Review and approve the PR on GitHub
  2. 2.Click "Merge pull request"
  3. 3.MergeFund detects the merge and processes the payout

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