October 16, 2018 - 5:46 pm GitHub today announced Suggested Changes: a new feature that promises to make it easier to implement and action changes in pull requests. Here’s how it works.

The feature is a direct response to user requests, and is something GitHub says will be the first of many improvements to Issues and Pull Requests.

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Using code owners, you can define specific teams or individuals that are responsible for a piece of code so that when you make a pull request the relevant people are informed automatically.

This feature integrates with GitHub’s protected branches, Berman said — if the reviewer requested changes to a pull request on a protected branch, the pull request can be blocked.

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The GitHub app for Teams now lets developers personalize the experience by letting them subscribe to repositories and receive notifications for issues, pull requests (PRs), and new commits.