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Database Reviewer Checklist
Thank you for becoming a ~database reviewer! Please work on the list
below to complete your setup. For any question, reach out to #database
an mention @abrandl.
- Change issue title to include your name:
Database Reviewer Checklist: Your Name - Review general code review guide
- Review database review documentation
- Familiarize with migration helpers and review usage in existing migrations
- Read database migration style guide
- Familiarize with best practices in database guides
- Watch Optimising Rails Database Queries: Episode 1
- Read Understanding EXPLAIN plans
- Review database best practices
- Review how we use database instances restored from a backup for testing and make sure you're set up to execute pipelines (check README.md and reach out to @abrandl since this is currently subject to being changed)
- Get yourself added to
@gl-databasegroup and respond to @-mentions to the group (reach out to any maintainer on the group to get added). You will get TODOs on gitlab.com for group mentions. - Make sure you have proper access to at least a read-only replica in staging and production
- Indicate in
data/team.ymlyour role as a database reviewer (example MR). Assign MR to your manager for merge. - Send one MR to improve the review documentation or the issue template
Note that approving and accepting merge requests is restricted to Database Maintainers only. As a reviewer, pass the MR to a maintainer for approval.
You're all set! Watch out for TODOs on GitLab.com.
Where to go for questions?
Reach out to #database on Slack and mention @abrandl for any questions.
cc @abrandl
/label ~meta ~database