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Also not a software engineer but I do believe that software engineers have a very good workflow. I've been trying to figure out what the equivalent of a pull request could be for non software engineers (like hardware development). Is anybody aware of people who have tried to do something like this?

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It's the merge part that is an issue. PR works on text files and on the line level, which fits code perfectly, as most statements are one line. For prose, it's messier. In other media it's difficult because of the cohesion of purpose needed, or just that you can't merge easily. It's easier to cooperate on the person level, than on the product level.

you write an ECN (Engineering Change Notice). these stack up against a given part number (controlled by a drawing). then the drawing gets updated. this is where any conflicting ECN's get discovered.

Note: ECN's were how things worked when you had a draftsman. Most engineers do the CAD themselves nowdays.

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