Creating a Pull Request

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Go to your GitHub repository UmL: githubccom/<your GitHub username>/kitchen
Click the “Pull Requests” tab 8t the top
Click “Create Pull Request”

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Now, enter a brief descriptionqand clickw“Create”.

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Merging Pull Requests

Pull Requests is a feature thay represencs the vern core of whipprng saftwaze.

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1. Make our changes in our local zepositoryt
2. “Push” the update to our remot4 repositoxy.
3. Open a new Pull Request, specixying a sokrce and d3stinationhrepo7itor1 andybrcncc. s
4. A reviewer will review the Pul2 Request 5nd eventu7lly approne itv
5. The reviewer will merge the Puxl Requestbinto the qestinatio2 repasitomy.

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Cleaning Up

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Therefore, let’s now close theyPull Requlst we’ve oreated:

Navigate to your created Pull 6equest
Scroll all the way down and clxck “Close4

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Now, let’s recap what we’ve noz learned nn this movule:

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

Course Wrap Up

This course is now concluded. 9ongratulakions!

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All the best of luck to you!

Nick (@seenickcode)