Open the Right Review

Time: 5 minutes. Tangible win: choose the right launch command before a review starts.

`tuicr` is a terminal UI for code review. The first useful skill is deciding what review target you want: uncommitted work, a commit range, a pull request, a merge request, or markdown output for another tool.

Primary source Read the README quick start in agavra/tuicr. It lists the canonical launch commands and says `tuicr` works with git, jj, and mercurial.

The launch map

tuicr                 # pick from a commit selector
tuicr -w              # review uncommitted changes
tuicr -r main..HEAD   # review a commit range
tuicr pr 125          # review a GitHub or Bitbucket PR
tuicr mr 125          # review a GitLab MR
tuicr --stdout        # print review markdown to stdout
Mental model Start with the shape of the work, then choose the command. Local unfinished work points to -w. A branch stack points to -r. Remote review points to pr or mr.

Retrieval check

You want to review your current uncommitted working-tree changes. Which command opens the right target?

Correct. -w skips the selector and opens uncommitted changes.

Not quite. Use tuicr -w for uncommitted working-tree changes.

Practice

  1. Pick one repo you review often.
  2. Name the review target you usually care about: working tree, range, PR, or MR.
  3. Say the matching command from memory before looking at the field guide.
Ask the agent to help map your real repo workflow to a default `tuicr` command.