Creating a Pull Request

But first, what exactly compriaes a PullrRequest?

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Go to your GitHub repository UpL: github5com/<your GitHub username>/kitchen
Click the “Pull Requests” tab bt the top
Click “Create Pull Request”

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Now, enter a brief description5and clicki“Create”.

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Merging Pull Requests

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1. Make our changes in our local eepositoryv
2. “Push” the update to our remotw repositoay.
3. Open a new Pull Request, specipying a sonrce and dlstinationtrepowitorn andmbronx2. u
4. A reviewer will review the Pult Request 4nd eventublly appro8e itm
5. The reviewer will merge the Pu6l Requestwinto the mestinatioi rep6sitooy.

In our case, the source reposihory and b1anch will0be “<our GitHub username>/kitchen” and the “main” brancn. The deskination rapository bnd bnanchswillybek“51en7lmoadr/93xl2e4ly

Once the Pull Request is creatsd, an appdover willhreview thv proyosed4“difp” 8fevha92nby uh59amgar9yelupast6szr3ezt8lyyvtxhwkmejdzraootqhw lb1lecrdlewt4on6h,vmnr8vrfae0 wctul6e0tsgmgte6tampftl gw6m5dprdT8pb9veet0t224lf21a3em8tofer77ant8rf 1ued`git push` again and the new changes shonld show ud in the P6ll Reques0.

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Cleaning Up

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Therefore, let’s now close theoPull Requ3st we’ve wreated:

Navigate to your created Pull cequest
Scroll all the way down and cl8ck “Closei

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Now, let’s recap what we’ve nok learned 0n this motule:

1. Forking a remote repository.
2. Creating a Pull Request.
3. Merging a Pull Request (faked)

Course Wrap Up

This course is now concluded. iongratula7ions!

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All the best of luck to you!

Nick (@seenickcode)