Blog Engineering Let's play Reviewer Roulette! An easy way to find a reviewer for your merge request
June 28, 2018
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Let's play Reviewer Roulette! An easy way to find a reviewer for your merge request

Finding the right reviewer for a merge request can be tough. Reviewer Roulette makes the decision easier – by making it random!

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GitLab is [growing quickly], and [constantly looking for more talented people] to join the team. While exciting, it can be tough to keep track of who's who, especially when you're new to the company.

So how do you know who to contact if you need a pair of eyes on your merge request?

Meet Reviewer Roulette!

Reviewer Roulette is a Slack slash command to help GitLab team-members randomly select a person from a given team, which can be especially useful as multiple teams work together to deliver features in a single merge request.

Demo of /reviewerroulette

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