---
title: "Review what changed"
description: "Find out which conversation wrote a line and every conversation that changed a file, from Review."
works_on: [desktop]
---

# Review what changed

Find out which conversation wrote any line, and every conversation that
touched a file, right next to the code.

**Works on:** the desktop app. Web and phone: not available yet.

![Who wrote this, opened on a line in Review](images/review-who-wrote.png)

## Find out who wrote a line

Open **Review** (its button at the top of the right panel, or ⌘K and
"Review changes"), pick a file, then on a line:

- Rest the pointer on it. After a moment a small card says who wrote it
  and when, what you asked for, and the step that made the change.
- Right-click it (or press Shift+F10), then press W for **Who wrote this**. A
  card opens under the diff with the same facts and the model that wrote
  it. **Open conversation** takes you to the message that asked for the
  change. Esc closes the card.
- ⌘K, then "Who wrote this line", does the same for the line your cursor
  is on.

It works for lines a file change wrote and for lines a command changed. If
another conversation changed the file later, the card lists it under
"Changed again later in". A line that was there before any conversation
says "No conversation wrote this line."

## See every conversation that changed a file

Right-click a file in Review, Files or Overview and choose **Conversations
that changed this file** (H). The card lists each one with how many changes
it made and when; choose one to open it. If there are none, it says "No
conversation changed this file."

Codewhale looks through the 25 most recent conversations in this folder.

## Copy from Review

Right-click a line for **Copy** (with text selected), **Copy › Patch** for
the change around it, or **Copy › Path**.

## What isn't available yet

These say "Not available yet" in the palette or menu:

- **Comment on a line** and **Comment**
- **Ask for a review**
- **Accept this work**
- **Keep line history in git notes**. Who wrote this works inside the app
  only; nothing is written to your repository.

Who wrote this works only for conversations on this computer, not for a
group conversation's changes.

## On the web

Not available yet.

## On your phone

Not available yet.

## Related

- [The work pane](work-pane.md)
- [Commands and the palette](commands.md)
- [Groups](groups.md)

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