Proposing changes to your work with pull requests

After you add changes to a topic branch or fork, you can open a pull request to ask your collaborators or the repository administrator to review your changes before merging them into the project.

About branches→

Use a branch to isolate development work without affecting other branches in the repository. Each repository has one default branch, and can have multiple other branches. You can merge a branch into another branch using a pull request.

Creating and deleting branches within your repository→

You can create or delete branches directly on GitHub.

About pull requests→

Pull requests let you tell others about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub. Once a pull request is opened, you can discuss and review the potential changes with collaborators and add follow-up commits before your changes are merged into the base branch.

About comparing branches in pull requests→

Pull requests display diffs to compare the changes you made in your topic branch against the base branch that you want to merge your changes into.

Creating a pull request→

Create a pull request to propose and collaborate on changes to a repository. These changes are proposed in a branch, which ensures that the default branch only contains finished and approved work.

Creating a pull request from a fork→

You can create a pull request to propose changes you've made to a fork of an upstream repository.

Using query parameters to create a pull request→

Use query parameters to create custom URLs to open pull requests with pre-populated fields.

Changing the stage of a pull request→

You can mark a draft pull request as ready for review or convert a pull request to a draft.

Requesting a pull request review→

After you create a pull request, you can ask a specific person to review the changes you've proposed. If you're an organization member, you can also request a specific team to review your changes.

Changing the base branch of a pull request→

After a pull request is opened, you can change the base branch to compare the changes in the pull request against a different branch.

Committing changes to a pull request branch created from a fork→

You can commit changes on a pull request branch that was created from a fork of your repository with permission from the pull request creator.

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