Reviews

Reviews let you get formal sign-off from teammates before committing a new version. This is how Rockhopper replaces informal review processes — email chains, Slack messages, or verbal approvals — with a structured, auditable workflow.

When to use reviews

Any team member can request a review on a file that has uncommitted changes. Common scenarios:

• A contributor finishes updating a model and wants a manager to verify the changes before the version is committed

• A team lead wants sign-off from two reviewers before locking in a quarterly close spreadsheet

• Someone spots an issue and wants to flag it for review before discarding changes

Requesting a review

1. Open the Reviews panel (from the File Versions page or the Difference Analysis page)

Reviews panel icon in the navigation bar

You can also access the reviews panel from the Difference Analysis page.

Reviews tab in the Difference Analysis right panel

1. Click Request review

2. Enter a subject line describing what needs review

3. Select one or more reviewers from the dropdown

4. Add a brief description with context or instructions

5. Submit

Review request form with subject, reviewers, and description

Reviewers receive an email notification. The review appears in the Reviews panel with a Pending status.

Review showing as Pending in the Reviews panel

Reviewing and approving

When you're assigned a review:

1. Open the review from the Reviews panel or from the email notification

2. Look at the file diff to understand what changed

Review details panel showing reviewer statuses

Expanded review details with activity history

1. Use the Comments tab within the review to leave feedback or ask questions (these comments also appear in the main comment thread)

4. When you're satisfied, click Approve and add an optional note

Approve review dialog

Review marked as Approved

The review is marked Approved once every assigned reviewer has approved.

Review statuses

Status	Meaning
Pending	Waiting for one or more reviewers to respond
Approved	All reviewers have approved
Cancelled	The review was dismissed by the creator or a manager

Creating versions with pending reviews

What happens if you try to create a new version while reviews are still pending?

Your role	What you can do
Manager	Can dismiss any pending review and proceed with the version
Contributor	Can only dismiss reviews you originally requested

Manager dismissing pending reviews when creating a version

Contributor cannot dismiss reviews they didn't request

Editing a review

The person who created a review can edit it at any time — click the options menu (...) on the review and select Edit.

Edit review option in the menu