Questions tagged [pull-request]

Pull requests are made when a developer forks a project, makes changes, and then wants those changes to be included in the main project again. These were made popular by Github and Bitbucket.

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How to apply a git patch when given a pull number

I downloaded a trunk version of a codebase from git, and there are build errors. Aparently a patch is now available, and I received an email : see https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node/pull/47 for patch I am new to git so I'm not quite sure…
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Is it possible to create merge requests in pure Git from the command line?

I'm using a behind-firewall install of Gitorious. I can go into the web application and create a pull request from a clone and target the master repo from which it was cloned. I'd like to be able to do this on the command line. More specifically,…
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Squash to only one "proper" commit for github pull request

I have a repo on github which someone else (Bob, for the sake of argument) has issued a pull request for. His code's not perfect, so we go through a few rounds of markups. As I understand it, he commits and pushes to his pull-request for each set of…
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Github Pull Requests template not showing

I wanted to create custom Pull Requests template for my Github repo (internal version in my company and not on Github.com), so I followed instructions on this link. I followed below steps: Created the new template file in the location:…
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How can I get a list of all pull requests for a repo through the github API?

I want to obtain a list of all pull requests on a repo through the github API. I've followed the instructions at http://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/ but when I query /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls it's consistently returning fewer pull requests than…
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Delete file from Pull Request on GitHub

I have make pull request on git (with "xcodeproj/project.pbxproj" file - my fault), so can I delete this file from created Pull Request? Thanks..
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How to solve the requested URL returned error: 403 in git repository

I have multiple accounts in git I committed code three weeks back with this account. I'll unable to pull my code . I was getting The requested URL returned error: 403 I'll try Pushing to Git returning Error Code 403 fatal: HTTP request failed …
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Set the develop branch as the default for a pull request

I want to make the pull request merge into develop from the feature branch by default. I'm advocating the use of git flow, so when a pull request is submitted for a feature, the pull request needs to get merged into develop, and not master. Some of…
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Why is the Approve button disabled in GitHub "pull request review"?

Problem Background: So far I am the sole owner of a GitHub repo. I committed the code from my system to a branch called release (actually its a tag based on develop branch, if that matters). In GitHub, I created a pull request where base branch is…
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Creating pull requests in gitlab

I have a GitLab installation running, and I have a repository that I want to share with my friends. I can't understand the flow of sending pull requests in GitLab. A user can't fork my repository or access my project (unless he is my on team). A…
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Pulling from Git fails and gives me following error: client_global_hostkeys_private_confirm: server gave bad signature for RSA key 0

I am working on a project with my teammates. Some weeks ago, I pulled the project from git successfully. But today when I wanted to pull the updated project via the command "git pull origin ", it gave me the following…
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How to do code review for google cloud git repo

We are hosting git repo on the google cloud platform. I know for github.com, we can use pull requests for code reviews, but google cloud does not seem to provide that. How do I perform code review for repos on google cloud platform?
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Github pull request shows wrong diff

I am having two branches: - master and - develop. I am trying to merge branch develop into master branch. I have checked with Tower and Araxis merge, those two branches are identical. But when I do a pull request on Github, I am seeing that there…
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Github: Find PRs where user is a reviewer

Github added reviewers. Is there a way to find PRs (e.g. on the Pull Requests page) where the user is a reviewer? Things I have already tried: Checked https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues/ for a filter: None found Tested potential…
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Ignoring specific files, file types or folders in a pull request diff

We frequently use the Files Changed tab on a pull request to peer review the work we have done on a branch, unfortunately a major part of our development process is regenerating Flex services so when viewing the files changed 99% of the changes are…
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