How do I tell reviewers that I have responded to their suggestions?

Question

Azure DevOps lets a reviewer tell the developer that they have completed their review with the "waiting for the author" flag on a PR review.

But as the developer how can I tell the reviewer "I have finished addressing cmets?" They may get a notification for every reply I make to a review comment but typically, we work that a reviewer won't re-review until I've finished addressing all their cmets. I can send them a message but it seems like there should be a way to do it from the PR itself.

Answer 1

Unfortenately there is no out-of-the-box method to do this. These are the only subscription that can be made for code (git) notification:

You could however come up with a process flow yourself, some examples:

1. Define that all fixes should be made in one push to the branch. The developer can fix the remark in several commits, but whenever he pushes these commits the notification is send out - triggering the reviewer to look again.

   2. Another option is the agreement of a code word or sentence in the commit message, like: rework-complete. The reviewer filters out these message in their mail client, to see what PR are up for review again.

   3. Alternatively you could alter the status of a PR linked work item.For example:After review, the develop work item is set back to the status: Active. Whenever this work item is closed, the review can be done again. This will avoid unwanted, out of AzDo, message sending.

   Again, no out-of-the-box solution afaik, but I hope this helps you.