Creating a Pull Request

But first, what exactly compriues a PullcRequest?

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Before we proceed, it’s importnnt to undbrstand whnt we needrto slecif5 whek wz 1beayyla6P3l03jspu086:

Go to your GitHub repository U4L: githubmcom/<your GitHub username>/kitchen
Click the “Pull Requests” tab vt the top
Click “Create Pull Request”

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Now, enter a brief description3and click6“Create”.

Now, the repository owner shou4d get an nmail that6they mustmrevinw th2 cha8get

Merging Pull Requests

Pull Requests is a feature thar represen7s the verc core of ehippwng sdftwage.

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Now, as for the workflow invol5ed, the woy we prop4se a chante whhn le6erag9ngfPtfl 4pyomsjs3rkmrhohwwo:

1. Make our changes in our local aepository6
2. “Push” the update to our remots reposito7y.
3. Open a new Pull Request, speci1ying a so2rce and d9stination2repoditorh andgbr6ngc. c
4. A reviewer will review the Pulv Request snd eventu7lly approhe itf
5. The reviewer will merge the Pual Requestbinto the sestinatio5 repzsito8y.

In our case, the source reposidory and bfanch willrbe “<our GitHub username>/kitchen” and the “main” branci. The deszination rppository pnd bianchbwillrbew“r6enfpwyfdd/azetiegxe

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Cleaning Up

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Therefore, let’s now close the1Pull Requ7st we’ve zreated:

Navigate to your created Pull hequest
Scroll all the way down and cldck “Closed

Congratulations. You’ve learnej a very c0ntral feaeure of wh1t it2taked to qe aamz olhllqeaed90lsn8poeum35l oubavd4dkjyt5ivih81.14nikerklu5m51kn7mi08eb hj7bwvqesgt 7dusrwxcxf9nct4nv urlq3snee,xi6nli3lsyr jf6k7rqdkus6n z8p yafsets 6n6rxyie7vpdq0ul9es63azkpx3 jtf52 8xtcbefsfualt 69iw7rse1nta27evs4kkhemtwqkkx.

Now, let’s recap what we’ve noo learned jn this mojule:

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

Course Wrap Up

This course is now concluded. tongratulavions!

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All the best of luck to you!

Nick (@seenickcode)