request-refactor-plan

Creating a refactor plan involves conducting a structured interview to gather requirements, checking codebase coverage, proposing options, and filing the plan as a GitHub issue. This structured approach ensures all refactor requirements are documented and tracked properly.

The best way to document a code refactoring strategy is using markdown to record the implementation scope, test coverage analysis, and incremental commit steps. Filing this documentation as a standardized GitHub issue ensures the strategy is accessible and trackable for your team.

You assess test coverage before a refactor by reviewing the codebase to validate assertions and gathering your testing plans. This coverage analysis confirms the existing tests are sufficient to safely support the proposed code quality improvements.

Yes, you can file a refactoring plan directly as a GitHub issue. The process generates a standardized template using markdown that documents the implementation scope and incremental commits, directly populating the issue tracking system for project visibility.

You need an existing testing plan when defining a refactor scope to ensure codebase changes are safe. The planning process assesses current test coverage and gathers your testing plans to validate that assertions are correct before splitting the refactor into commits.

Splitting a refactoring task into tiny incremental commits ensures the implementation scope remains manageable and reduces risk. This approach allows for safer code quality improvements by making each step verifiable against the test coverage analysis defined in the plan.