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+Pull request followup
+=====================
+
+Once a patch has been submitted gerrit can be used to track progress.
+
+Find your patch
+---------------
+
+| Begin by viewing the history for your patch in gerrit.
+| A patch can be accessed in a few different ways.
+
+Item of Note:
+
+- A Gerrit Change-Id is required to interact with a patch. This hashed
+  value will be distinct from the underlying git checksum used when
+  changes are stored in a repository.
+
+Capture commit message output
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Gerrit commit hash and a URL are readily available in output.
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+   :linenos:
+   :emphasize-lines: 22
+
+   % git commit -F ../jira/5100
+   % git rebase
+   % git review --reviewers tux@onf.org
+
+   remote:
+   remote: Processing changes: (\)
+   remote: Processing changes: (|)
+   remote: Processing changes: (/)
+   remote: Processing changes: (-)
+   remote: Processing changes: (\)
+   remote: Processing changes: (|)
+   remote: Processing changes: (/)
+   remote: Processing changes: (-)
+   remote: Processing changes: new: 1 (\)
+   remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, new: 1 (\)
+   remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, new: 1 (\)
+   remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, new: 1, done
+   remote:
+   remote: SUCCESS
+   remote:
+   remote:   https://gerrit.opencord.org/c/ci-management/+/34600 Disable jobs dependent on offline menlo-3 node [NEW]
+   fremote:
+   To ssh://gerrit.opencord.org:29418/ci-management.git
+    * [new reference]     HEAD -> refs/for/master%topic=dev-joey
+
+.. list-table:: Git commit message
+   :widths: 20, 5, 60
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Id
+     - Line
+     - Description
+   * -
+     - 2
+     - Git commit hash
+   * - `34598 <https://gerrit.opencord.org/c/ci-management/+/34598>`_
+     - 10
+     - Gerrit URL for direct patch access
+   * -
+     - 14
+     -
+
+Git log
+^^^^^^^
+
+Gerrit Change-IDs are appended as the last line in a commit mesage.
+git log can be used to search for them.
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+   :linenos:
+   :emphasize-lines: 3,14
+
+   % git log --author="joey" | less
+
+   commit 23ce887c4cb3f98506536e00c58ffc8c2af16afe
+   Author: Joey Armstrong <joey@opennetworking.org>
+   Date:   Thu Aug 24 09:46:22 2023 -0400
+
+      [VOL-5009] - Update release notes
+
+      release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
+      -----------------------------
+        o Import Mahir(s) word doc containing tickets and descriptions.
+        o Reformat using a grid layout so tickets and description are aligned.
+
+      Change-Id: Ic8ca17f5923496731f88ce8918c9852d904ea066
+
+.. list-table:: Git log commit IDs
+   :widths: 20, 5, 60
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Id
+     - Line
+     - Description
+   * - 23ce887c4cb3f98506536e00c58ffc8c2af16afe
+     - 3
+     - Git commit hash
+   * - Ic8ca17f5923496731f88ce8918c9852d904ea066
+     - 14
+     - Gerrit Change-Id
+
+
+Patch lookup by Change-Id string
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+When you have a Change-Id value (~43 chars)
+
+- Change-Id: Ic8ca17f5923496731f88ce8918c9852d904ea066
+
+  - Visit the `Gerrit dashboard <https://gerrit.opencord.org/dashboard/self>`_
+  - Paste Change-Id into the search box at the top right
+  - Gerrit UI will navigate to the patch.
+
+Brute force patch lookup
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Visit `Gerrit dashboard open+is:wip <https://gerrit.opencord.org/q/status:open+-is:wip>`_
+
+  - View all open/unmerged patches
+  - Scroll down through the list until something of interest is found.
+  - Under the # column (2nd column on left hand side) right click and open to view the patch.
+  - For example: `repo:voltha-system-tests <https://gerrit.opencord.org/c/voltha-system-tests/+/33380>`_
+
+Patch history and jenkins jobs
+------------------------------
+
+While viewing a patch (`repo:voltha-system-tests <https://gerrit.opencord.org/c/voltha-system-tests/+/33380>`_)
+scroll down to the 'Change Log' section at the bottom.
+| Line items represent historical comments, code review messages and
+processed job status.
+
+Entries prefixed with ``Jenkins Technical User`` contain jenkins job
+information.  Jenkins pipeline jobs are constructed by performing
+several atomic tasks each of which will generate a log with status.
+
+To view job logs click on an entry to expand (Verified +1, 4th entry from
+the bottom) to view a set of clickable jenkins URLs.
+
+- `Patch 33380 <https://gerrit.opencord.org/c/voltha-system-tests/+/33380>`_
+  - `verify_voltha-system-tests_unit-test <https://jenkins.opencord.org/job/verify_voltha-system-tests_unit-test>`_          : SUCCESS
+  - `verify_voltha-system-tests_licensed <https://jenkins.opencord.org/job/verify_voltha-system-tests_licensed>`_       : SUCCESS
+  - `verify_voltha-system-tests_sanity-test <https://jenkins.opencord.org/job/verify_voltha-system-tests_sanity-test>`_ : FAILED