[Step 11] Create Pull Request - Yellow-Team-Millerslab/GitPlayground GitHub Wiki

When you file a pull request, all you’re doing is requesting that another developer (e.g., the project maintainer) pulls a branch from your repository into their repository. ref

Use Case: When multiple programmers are working on a big project, it is easier for project admin to which branch should be merged into the master branch for the next release. It also avoids some accident merges go into the master branch. It is one of the important steps in the Github workflow

  1. In your test branch, make some changes to readme.md

  2. In Team Explorer under Home tab, click Pull Request

  3. It will switch to GitHub extension. Click Create New. (Require Github extension)

  4. Enter title and click Create pull request

  5. Go to Github to verify the Pull Request.

The whole process