git request-pull: how to create a (github) pull request on the command line?

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sensorario picture sensorario · Jan 22, 2016 · Viewed 13.6k times · Source

I've cloned a project, and pushed a branch with just a renamed readme file to README. I am trying to create a pull-request on the command line, just to try PR from here instead of a website.

$ git request-pull origin/master origin readme:readme
The following changes since commit 51320a3a42f82ba83cd7919d24ac4aa5c4c99ac6:

  first commit message

are available in the git repository at:

  [email protected]:example/com:example.git readme

for you to fetch changes up to 891c05c5236341bcbe33ceddc415ae921ee42e44:

  second commit message

----------------------------------------------------------------
Simone Gentili (1):
      Fix

 readme.md => README.md | 0
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 rename readme.md => README.md (100%)

github shows no pull request and I don't see errors.

  • is possibile to create a pull request directly from bash?
  • is PR correct and can I view pull request list?

Answer

William Ross picture William Ross · Aug 16, 2017

Even though they are called exactly the same thing, a GitHub pull request and a 'git request-pull' are completely different.

The git request-pull is for generating a summary of pending changes to be sent to a mailing list. It has no integration by default with GitHub.

The GitHub Pull Requests is a fully featured function of GitHub only. It allows for merging and integration of code from a different branch/fork. You can resolve merge conflicts, do code reviews, or add additional comments to a GitHub pull request.

Unfortunately the git command is named similarly to GitHub functionality which makes it sound like they should be doing the same thing.

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