# On the Importance of Pull Request Discipline

DevFeed: [On the Importance of Pull Request Discipline](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-the-importance-of-pull-request-discipline-1506.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/on-the-importance-of-pull-request-discipline>)

Author: Yash Kapadia

Published: 2022-10-13T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>)

Tags: [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version-control.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why disciplined pull requests matter throughout the software development lifecycle. It discusses how well-structured changes, descriptions, and reviews improve implementation quality, encourage useful conversations, and make codebases easier to maintain.

## Source excerpt

Unorganized pull requests are the bane of large codebases. Follow Yash's tips to prevent your PRs from getting roasted in the group chat.