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/cherrypick [branch]
  • /cherrypick release-3.9
  • /cherry-pick release-1.15
Cherrypick a PR to a different branch. This command works both in merged PRs (the cherrypick PR is opened immediately) and open PRs (the cherrypick PR opens as soon as the original PR merges).
Members of the trusted organization for the repo.
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/test ?
  • /test ?
List available test job(s) for a trusted PR.
Anyone can trigger this command on a trusted PR.
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/retest
  • /retest
Rerun test jobs that have failed.
Anyone can trigger this command on a trusted PR.
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/test [|all]
  • /test all
  • /test pull-bazel-test
Manually starts a/all automatically triggered test job(s). Lists all possible job(s) when no jobs/an invalid job are specified.
Anyone can trigger this command on a trusted PR.
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/retitle
  • /retitle New Title
Edits the pull request or issue title.
Collaborators on the repository.
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/[remove-]lgtm [cancel] or GitHub Review action
Adds or removes the 'lgtm' label which is typically used to gate merging.
Collaborators on the repository. '/lgtm cancel' can be used additionally by the PR author.
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/[un]cc [[@]...]
  • /cc
  • /uncc
  • /cc @spongebob
  • /cc spongebob patrick
Requests a review from the user(s).
Anyone can use the command, but the target user(s) must be a member of the org that owns the repository.
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/[un]assign [[@]...]
  • /assign
  • /unassign
  • /assign @spongebob
  • /assign spongebob patrick
Assigns assignee(s) to the PR
Anyone can use the command, but the target user(s) must be an org member, a repo collaborator, or should have previously commented on the issue or PR.
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/[remove-]approve [no-issue|cancel]
  • /approve
  • /approve no-issue
  • /remove-approve
Approves a pull request
Users listed as 'approvers' in appropriate OWNERS files.
/auto-cc
  • /auto-cc
Manually request reviews from reviewers for a PR. Useful if OWNERS file were updated since the PR was opened.
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/buildif(y|ier)
  • /buildify
  • /buildifier
Runs buildifier on changes made to Bazel files in a PR
Anyone can trigger this command on a PR.
/meow(vie) [CATegory]
  • /meow
  • /meow caturday
  • /meowvie clothes
Add a cat image to the issue or PR
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/(woof|bark|this-is-{fine|not-fine|unbearable})
  • /woof
  • /bark
  • /this-is-{fine|not-fine|unbearable}
Add a dog image to the issue or PR
Anyone
/lint
  • /lint
Runs golint on changes made to *.go files in a PR
Anyone can trigger this command on a PR.
/[remove-](help|good-first-issue)
  • /help
  • /remove-help
  • /good-first-issue
  • /remove-good-first-issue
Applies or removes the 'help wanted' and 'good first issue' labels to an issue.
Anyone can trigger this command on a PR.
/[remove-][un]hold [cancel]
  • /hold
  • /hold cancel
  • /unhold
  • /remove-hold
Adds or removes the `do-not-merge/hold` Label which is used to indicate that the PR should not be automatically merged.
Anyone can use the /hold command to add or remove the 'do-not-merge/hold' Label.
/[remove-](area|committee|kind|language|priority|sig|triage|wg|label)
  • /kind bug
  • /remove-area prow
  • /sig testing
  • /language zh
  • /label foo-bar-baz
Applies or removes a label from one of the recognized types of labels.
Anyone can trigger this command on issues and PRs. `triage/accepted` can only be added by org members. Restricted labels are only able to be added by teams and users in their configuration.
/milestone or /milestone clear
  • /milestone v1.10
  • /milestone v1.9
  • /milestone clear
Updates the milestone for an issue or PR
Members of the milestone maintainers GitHub team can use the '/milestone' command.
/project , /project , or /project clear
  • /project 0.5.0
  • /project 0.5.0 To do
  • /project clear 0.4.0
Add an issue or PR to a project board and column
Members of the project maintainer GitHub team can use the '/project' command.
/release-note-none
  • /release-note-none
Adds the 'release-note-none' label to indicate that the PR does not warrant a release note. This is deprecated and ideally the release note process should be followed in the PR body instead.
PR Authors and Org Members.
/release-note-edit
  • /release-note-edit ```release-note The new release note ```
Replaces the release note block in the top level comment with the provided one.
Org Members.
/skip
  • /skip
Cleans up GitHub stale commit statuses for non-blocking jobs on a PR.
Anyone can trigger this command on a PR.
/ok-to-test
  • /ok-to-test
Marks a PR as 'trusted' and starts tests.
Members of the trusted organization for the repo.
/verify-owners
  • /verify-owners
do-not-merge/invalid-owners-file
Anyone
/joke
  • /joke
Tells a joke.
Anyone can use the `/joke` command.