Why can't I find my name to add as code reviewer for pull request?

[Actiontom]

I've started a repo and then created a pull request but it doesn't find my username when trying to add me as a reviewer. We are 3 devs in my team and I can add them as reviewers but not myself.

[Kian Stack Mumo Systems]

John, 

You cannot add yourself as a reviewer to a pull request you create. As the person who initiated the pull request, it is implied that you have seen the code/reviewed already. You are a "reviewer" in that you wouldn't have initiated the pull request if you did not feel as though the work was complete. Does that make sense? 

Thanks, 

Kian

[Actiontom]

Yes thanks Kian it makes perfect sense. 

How would I then go about to create an automated pull request from one branch to another to insure code review takes place? Apologies for my ignorance, I just want to insure that everything get's reviewed before it's going to my dev branch. I would like to be one of the reviewers.

[Actiontom]

Or does one generally just create a pull request manually every time one commited code?

[Kian Stack Mumo Systems]

You wouldn't create pull requests automatically. I'm not sure that it is possible in Bitbucket. I'd need to do some research on that.