Pull requests are a very handy feature when you are working in a team. However, you might want to have a check list of some sort or maybe a special format on your pull requests. One way to standardize your pull requests are to use templates. So I use Azure Devops and thought that a template are only available in Guthub. But I'm wrong.

There exists different types of Pull Request templates, two of them I will describe here. They are all written in Markdown, so it's very handy to format this.

Default Template

To make a default pull request template you need to create a file called pull_request_template.md or pull_request_template.txt. The file needs to be placed in a folder called .azuredevops, .vsts or docs. The folder is required to be placed in your root folder.

Pull request template example:

Pull request description...

### Type
- [ ] New feature
- [ ] Refactoring
- [ ] Bug-fix
- [ ] DevOps
- [ ] Testing

### Checklist
- [ ] Tests have passed
- [ ] Check linting
- [ ] Rember to check universal design

### Demo
- [ ] https://feature1.example.com

Branch Specific Template

Additionally you might want to have branch specific templates. If you want to use a certain template for each pull request to develop you need to create a file called develop.md or develop.txt and place the file in .azuredevops/pull_request_template/branches/develop.md. The folder structure should be placed in your project's root folder. You can also change replace the .azuredevops folder with .vsts, docs or no folder at all and place the pull_request_template(.md|.txt) in your root folder.

If you want to read more of the specific to Azure DevOps pull request templates you can find their documentation here (opens new window)