How to Approve PR in Github

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to review and approve a pull request in GitHub.

Quick summary

Approving a pull request in GitHub requires navigating to the correct repository, reviewing the Files changed, and submitting a formal review decision. This process ensures code quality by allowing reviewers to approve, comment on, or request changes before a PR is merged.

Steps

Navigate to the repository that contains the pull request you want to approve.
Click on the Pull requests tab at the top of the repository's page.
Select the pull request you want to review from the list.
Click on Files changed to view the code differences.
Click Review changes on the right side if you want to leave comments before approving.
Select Comment if you are only leaving notes without a formal decision.
Select Approve and add an optional comment if needed.
Select Request changes if modifications are required before the PR can be merged.
Click Submit review to finalize your approval.

📌 Why this matters

Approving pull requests is a critical step in any collaborative software development workflow on GitHub. A structured PR review process ensures that code changes are vetted for quality, security, and correctness before being merged into the main branch. Teams that follow a consistent pull request approval workflow reduce the risk of bugs and regressions reaching production. This demo makes it easy for developers and team leads to understand exactly how to review, comment on, and approve PRs in GitHub without missing a step.

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