Commit a9b3f081 authored by Dimitrie Hoekstra's avatar Dimitrie Hoekstra Committed by Rémy Coutable

Includes the way approvals are handled to the documentation

parent 84f562e7
......@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ one of the [Merge request coaches][team].
Depending on the areas your merge request touches, it must be **approved** by one
or more [maintainers](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/#maintainer):
For approvals, we use the approval functionality found in the merge request
widget. Reviewers can add their approval by [approving additionally](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_approvals.html#adding-or-removing-an-approval).
1. If your merge request includes backend changes [^1], it must be
**approved by a [backend maintainer](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/projects/#gitlab-ce_maintainers_backend)**.
1. If your merge request includes frontend changes [^1], it must be
......@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ If a developer who happens to also be a maintainer was involved in a merge reque
as a domain expert and/or reviewer, it is recommended that they are not also picked
as the maintainer to ultimately approve and merge it.
Maintainers should check before merging if the merge request is approved by the
required approvers.
## Best practices
### Everyone
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