[2023-05-31]: Repos Activity View - [GA] #8651 (#36515)

Co-authored-by: Paul Loeb <90000203+thispaul@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sophie <29382425+sophietheking@users.noreply.github.com>

content/admin/monitoring-activity-in-your-enterprise/exploring-user-activity/viewing-push-logs.md

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Push log entries show:
 - The Git client used to push
 - The SHA hashes from before and after the operation
 
+{% ifversion repository-activity-view %}
+{% data reusables.repositories.activity-view %}
+For more information, see "[Using the activity view to see changes to your repository](/enterprise-server@latest/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/viewing-repository-activity#using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository)."
+{% endif %}
+
 ## Viewing a repository's push logs
 
 1. Sign into {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} as a site administrator.

content/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/viewing-branches-in-your-repository.md

@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ shortTitle: View branches
 
 - "[AUTOTITLE](/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository)"
 - "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/deleting-and-restoring-branches-in-a-pull-request)"
+{%- ifversion repository-activity-view %}
+- "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository)."{% endif %}

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/analyzing-changes-to-a-repositorys-content.md

@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ The code frequency graph displays the content additions and deletions for each w
 {% data reusables.repositories.accessing-repository-graphs %}
 3. In the left sidebar, click **Code frequency**.
 ![Screenshot of the left sidebar. The "Code frequency" tab is highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/code_frequency_tab.png)
+
+{% ifversion repository-activity-view %}
+{% data reusables.repositories.activity-view %}
+For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository)."
+{% endif %}

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/index.md

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ topics:
 children:
   - /viewing-deployment-activity-for-your-repository
   - /about-repository-graphs
-  - /viewing-a-summary-of-repository-activity
+  - /using-pulse-to-view-a-summary-of-repository-activity
   - /viewing-traffic-to-a-repository
   - /viewing-a-projects-contributors
   - /analyzing-changes-to-a-repositorys-content
   - /understanding-connections-between-repositories
+  - /using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository
 shortTitle: View activity and data
 ---
-

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-pulse-to-view-a-summary-of-repository-activity.md

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ---
-title: Viewing a summary of repository activity
-intro: 'You can view an overview of a repository''s pull request, issue, and commit activity.'
+title: Using Pulse to view a summary of repository activity
+intro: 'You can use Pulse to see an overview of a repository''s pull request, issue, and commit activity.'
 product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.repository-insights %}'
 redirect_from:
   - /articles/viewing-a-summary-of-repository-activity
   - /github/visualizing-repository-data-with-graphs/viewing-a-summary-of-repository-activity
   - /github/visualizing-repository-data-with-graphs/accessing-basic-repository-data/viewing-a-summary-of-repository-activity
+  - /repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/viewing-a-summary-of-repository-activity
 versions:
   fpt: '*'
   ghes: '*'
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ versions:
   ghec: '*'
 topics:
   - Repositories
-shortTitle: View repository activity
+shortTitle: Using Pulse
 ---
 
 ## About Pulse
@@ -22,11 +23,13 @@ You can view an overview of a repository's activity through Pulse. Pulse include
 
 Commit co-authors are included in the commit activity summary if their commits were merged into the repository's default branch and they're in the top 15 users who have contributed the most commits.
 
+{% ifversion repository-activity-view %}
+{% data reusables.repositories.activity-view %}
+For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository)."
+{% endif %}
+
 ## Accessing Pulse
 
 {% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}
 {% data reusables.repositories.accessing-repository-graphs %}
-
-## Filtering by time
-
-By default, Pulse shows the last seven days of repository activity. To choose a different time period, select the **Period** dropdown menu in the upper-right corner of the Pulse overview.
+1. Optionally, to choose a different time period, select the **Period** dropdown menu in the upper-right corner of the Pulse overview. By default, Pulse shows the last seven days of repository activity.

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+title: Using the activity view to see changes to a repository
+intro: 'You can use the activity view to see a detailed history of changes to your repository.'
+versions:
+  feature: repository-activity-view
+topics:
+  - Repositories
+shortTitle: Using the activity view
+---
+
+## About the activity view
+
+The activity view lets you see a detailed history of changes to a repository, such as pushes, merges, force pushes, and branch changes, and associates these changes with commits and authenticated users.
+
+You can filter the view to show activity for a particular branch, a particular user, or for a specific period of time. You can also filter by activity type. For example, you can choose to filter by "Force pushes", to see all force pushes to the repository.
+
+For each activity, you can view the exact changes by clicking "Compare changes."
+
+## Using the activity view to see changes to a repository
+{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}
+1. There are two ways to enter the activity view:
+   - On the main page of the repository, to the right of the list of files, click **{% octicon "pulse" aria-hidden="true" %} Activity**.
+
+   - Alternatively, click **{% octicon "git-branch" aria-hidden="true" %} Branches**, then to the right of any branch, click **{% octicon "pulse" aria-label="View branch activity" %}**.
+
+     ![Screenshot of a repository's branches view. To the right of a branch, the pulse icon is highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/activity-view-icon.png)
+
+1. Use the dropdown menus to filter the activity view.
+   - To see activity on a particular branch, select the **{% octicon "git-branch" aria-hidden="true" %} BRANCH NAME** dropdown menu, then click a branch name. Alternatively, within the dropdown menu, start typing a branch name into the search field. To view activity across all branches in the repository, click "View activity for all branches".
+
+   - To filter by activity type, select the **{% octicon "pulse" aria-hidden="true" %} All activity** dropdown menu, then click an activity type. You can choose to display direct pushes, pull request merges, force pushes, branch creations, and branch deletions.
+
+   - To filter by user, select the **{% octicon "people" aria-hidden="true" %} All users** dropdown menu, then click a username. Alternatively, within the dropdown menu, start typing a username into the search field.
+
+   - To filter by time, select the **{% octicon "clock" aria-hidden="true" %} All time** dropdown menu, then click a time period.
+
+1. Optionally, to see some additional details about the activity, such as the incoming branch name from a pull request, hover over the embedded link.
+
+   ![Screenshot of a repository's activity view. A link, embedded in the description of an activity, is highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/activity-view-embedded-link.png)
+
+1. To see exactly what changes were introduced by a particular activity, to the right of the activity, select {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="The horizontal kebab icon" %}, then click **{% octicon "git-compare" aria-hidden="true" %} Compare changes**.
+
+   ![Screenshot of a repository's activity view. The horizontal kebab icon, and a pop-up button, labeled "Compare changes", are highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/activity-view-compare-changes.png)

data/features/repository-activity-view.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Reference: Issue #8651 - Repository Activity View
+
+versions:
+  fpt: '*'
+  ghec: '*'
+  ghes: '> 3.9'
+  ghae: '> 3.9'

data/reusables/repositories/activity-view.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+If you want to see a detailed history of changes to a repository, you can use the activity view. The activity view displays all pushes, merges, force pushes, and branch changes, and associates these changes with commits and authenticated users.