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jameslao | 3 years ago

> Do you support features like github suggestions which can be committed easily by author?

Not right now. The suggestion feature is something I want to add in the future if there's interest though!

> Given your history with Microsoft and their internal tool which this is inspired by, how long until github copies some of the ideas?

No idea! But CodeFlow had been around for many years before they acquired GitHub so they've had plenty of time to do it! I think this is an existential fear that anyone building code review tools has. For Crocodile, I think the long term strategy will be to decouple this from GitHub so that it can work with any source control provider. I architected it this way from the beginning but decided to target GitHub first because they have mindshare and because it made it really easy to dogfood since I host my code on GitHub.

> Are there potential problems you see outside of current product?

There's the one you already mentioned, which is GitHub improving their PR system, but there's not much I can do about that. Current problems I'm looking at are roadmap related. I have a few ideas of features I'd like to add, but no real indication on what to do next. Hence, posting on HN to get feedback. :)

Thanks for taking a look and the feedback!

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jhogervorst|3 years ago

Another +1 for suggestions (with 'commit now' button). It's the thing I love most about GitHub PRs, and I wouldn't consider leaving it for a solution without it :-)

gingerlime|3 years ago

+1 for suggestions. It’s so much more helpful to see a diff and even be able to commit it.