Every plan
A clean review isn’t the same as a safe change.
Gitar rates every pull request Low, Medium or High risk using your team’s own definition, so reviewers spend their time where it matters and low-risk changes can merge on their own.
Every PR gets the same attention, whatever it touches.
Finding severity tells you what's wrong. It says nothing about what a correct change could affect.
1. Small diff, big impact
A three-line change to payment calculations can pass review with zero findings and still need a senior reviewer.
2. Equal attention
Reviewers skim the risky change the same way they skim a typo fix, because nothing tells them apart.
3. Blind automation
Auto-merge on a clean verdict assumes no defects means no risk. It doesn't.
From diff to decision, in three steps.
Assess the whole change
Gitar reads the full PR diff, not just the latest push, and applies your organization's risk instructions.
Apply repository guidance
A .gitar/config/risk.md file can raise the rating for local constraints. It can never lower the organization's assessment.
Refresh before anything merges
When the change moves, including after a Gitar fix, risk is reassessed before approval or merge criteria run.
What Risk Triage covers.
Clear defaults
Rated even with no defects
Your definition of risk
Guidance that only raises
Gates approval and merge
Fails safe
Right on the PR
Every plan, every code host
Follow the blueprint.
A step-by-step developer guide from Sonar for setting up and trying Risk Triage.
Gitar Risk Triage and Cross-PR Analysis for sensitive code
Mark sensitive paths high risk, catch two open pull requests that break only when both merge, and auto-approve only low-risk changes.
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