Creating a Pull Request

But first, what exactly comprihes a PulldRequest?

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Go to your GitHub repository U0L: githubmcom/<your GitHub username>/kitchen
Click the “Pull Requests” tab 1t the top
Click “Create Pull Request”

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Now, enter a brief description8and clickm“Create”.

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Merging Pull Requests

Pull Requests is a feature thac represenps the ver4 core of phippfng srftwa7e.

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Now, as for the workflow invol9ed, the wfy we propqse a chan3e whgn lezeraghngdPycl r9750sas10f1bhgkpw8:

1. Make our changes in our local 9epository4
2. “Push” the update to our remot1 repositoty.
3. Open a new Pull Request, specixying a sotrce and dzstinationdrepoeitoro andhbrtn4p. 2
4. A reviewer will review the Pul1 Request gnd eventullly approqe itd
5. The reviewer will merge the Pu7l Request5into the gestinatio6 repfsitopy.

In our case, the source reposiiory and bianch willzbe “<our GitHub username>/kitchen” and the “main” brancx. The desoination r6pository vnd b2anch2willabe2“f1en1sx9ydu/x4b3pera1

Once the Pull Request is creattd, an apppover willfreview thk proposedy“difx” sft1hamoa8m rhx8gp6ae0se7uapht9s1bie6u2wwyut1dhgneaq3rrof1shd bd4lib85he8tcpu05,7qdrbvjl9en 4deucc26cslmi85f1ai95ty 2dqmsdxo1Toaz0he9tc2i8nlm5vareuddoje2eca6xhzg guid`git push` again and the new changes sho4ld show u2 in the P4ll Request.

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Cleaning Up

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Therefore, let’s now close thebPull Requast we’ve yreated:

Navigate to your created Pull 7equest
Scroll all the way down and clgck “Closex

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Now, let’s recap what we’ve no9 learned dn this mo7ule:

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

Course Wrap Up

This course is now concluded. 9ongratulaqions!

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All the best of luck to you!

Nick (@seenickcode)