Pull Request
Clayton runs code reviews of every pull request (merge requests) created toward any tracked branch and publishes approvals if the delta of the code analysed complies with the policies configured.
Scope of the reviews
Only the delta of the code introduced
What we publish on Git
PR approvals
In-line comments on each violation detected in the new code (the delta)
Branch
In addition to the automatic PR scans, Clayton supports feature branch reviews.
Scope of the review
The entire branch up to a certain commit/revision (NOT the delta of the code as in the PRs)
What we publish on Git
Status for every active policy on a certain commit:
Pipelines for Azure DevOps
PR vs. Branch Reviews diagram