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Pull requests

    • About pull requests
    • About forks
    • Pull request quickstart
    • Review quickstart
    • Write code
    • Help others review your changes
    • Give reviews
    • Resolve reviews
    • Deploy code
      • Manage branches
      • Commit to PR branch from fork
      • Create a commit with multiple authors
      • Change a commit message
      • Compare commits
      • Troubleshoot commits
      • Create a pull request
      • Create a PR from a fork
      • Draft pull requests
      • Request a PR review
      • Update the head branch
      • Change the base branch
      • Check out a PR locally
      • Review proposed changes
      • Review dependency changes
      • Comment on a PR
      • Approve PRs
      • View a PR review
      • Dismiss a PR review
      • Incorporate feedback
      • Resolve merge conflicts
      • Resolve merge conflicts in Git
      • Troubleshoot status checks
      • Merge a pull request
      • Merge PR with merge queue
      • Merge PR automatically
      • Revert a pull request
      • Close a pull request
      • Fork a repository
      • Configure a remote repository
      • Sync a fork
      • Allow changes to a branch
      • Detach a fork
    • Pull requests
    • Branches
    • Forks
    • Commits
    • Using query parameters to create a pull request
    • PR reviews
    • Status checks
    • Pull request merges
    • Merge conflicts
    • Manage and standardize pull requests

Reference for pull requests

Find detailed guidance on managing pull requests, including reviews, merges, branches, and resolving conflicts.

  • Pull requests, 1 of 10
  • Branches, 2 of 10
  • Forks, 3 of 10
  • Commits, 4 of 10
  • Using query parameters to create a pull request, 5 of 10
  • Pull request reviews, 6 of 10
  • Status checks, 7 of 10
  • Pull request merges, 8 of 10
  • Merge conflicts, 9 of 10
  • Managing and standardizing pull requests, 10 of 10

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