Hey all, I’m Alan. Software engineer by trade and horse farmer by circumstance. I got tired of merge conflicts unexpectedly cropping up on my open PRs, so I built MergeBetter. What it does: * It watches your team's open PRs and tells you early when two branches are changing the same files in risky ways. * You get a single, tidy PR comment with the overlap and links. * It’s a GitHub App. Install it, pick repos, done. No CI gymnastics, no YAML to maintain * Your code never leaves GitHub. We read PR diffs, not file contents, and we don’t store your source code. Ever. Why I made it: * Even with thoughtful planning, devs always still seem to be stepping on each other's toes, especially in tight greenfield codebases and on teams that like to ship fast. * The idea here is that if two engineers are changing the same code at the same time, there's probably a conversation that needs to happen. MergeBetter lets that conversation happen sooner, when it's cheap and easy to resolve. Some details you might care about: * Works with orgs or personal repos. Install in “selected repositories” if you want to try it safely. * It tries to be polite: fewer API calls, caching, and one concise comment that it updates rather than spamming. * There’s a 14‑day free trial. After that, paid plans are straightforward and based on number of active members, not number of repos or PRs. * Security/privacy page is up; if you have questions, I'll answer them. Roadmap (aka things I’m chipping away at): * Smarter “hotspot” analytics so you can see where conflicts actually happen over time. * More contextual descriptions of conflicts * Marketplace listing is pending; for now billing is via Stripe in the dashboard. If you try it: * Install the GitHub App (takes ~60 seconds), push a PR or two, and let me know where it’s annoying or delightful. * Feature requests welcome. Roasts welcome. Bug reports very welcome. I’m around all day answering comments. If you’re wrangling PRs as much as I’m wrangling horses, I hope this saves you a few hours each week.

MergeBetter

Prevent merge conflicts before they happen

Prevent merge conflicts before they happen