One of the key design decisions we made with stacked PRs was reusing the existing PR model. It definitely came with some drawbacks, but it’s what made it possible to ship the feature without needing to rewrite all of the core plumbing (and we still had to update a lot!)
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- Approvals are now retained for Stacked PRs after stack rebases ✅ Whether you use the "Rebase stack" button or partially merge a stack, as long as the diff doesn't change, PR approvals will be kept even if you have "dismiss stale approvals" turned on00:00
- So much exciting work happening in git systems right now! Moving to blob-storage and decoupling compute while simultaneously unwinding mountains of tech debt and unnecessary dependencies. 35x higher write throughput ⚡️
- gh stack CLI now supports git worktrees 🥞 You can manage stacks where each branch is in a separate worktree, while still taking advantages of things like cascading stack rebases github.com/github/gh-stac…00:00
- Excited to release the @github async merge API today! If you (or your agents) are merging PRs programmatically, this is for you 🧵



