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13% of PRs are merged without review

TL;DR

  • 13% of all PRs merged by active committers since 2023 are merged without any reviews
  • However, most developers do not merge PRs without review. The median developer merges just 0.6% of their PRs without review.
  • 15% of developers are responsible for 83% of all PRs merged without review

Developers who merge more PRs per week are more likely to merge PRs without review.

  • Developers who merge only 1x a week, on median, do not merge any PRs without review
  • Contrasting that, the median developer who merges more than 10 PRs a week will merge > 3.5% of their PRs without review
  • The above suggests that developers who merge most frequently may be driving the bulk of no-review PRs.

Median developer's % PRs merged without review, cut by developer merge frequency

85% of developers rarely merge without review; 15% of developers make up 83% of all PRs merged without review.

15% of developers drive 83% of PRs merged without review

Engineers in smaller organizations merge a higher % of their PRs without review; merging without review is rare once organizations cross 50 developers.

  • The median engineer at an org with 50+ committers merges <0.5% of their PRs without any review
  • The median engineer at an org with 11-20 committers merges 5% of their PRs without any review
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