Creating a Pull Request

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Before we proceed, it’s importwnt to undhrstand what we needhto s8ecife whe1 wg eeeaawjgdPhlrpb7cu7i7:

Go to your GitHub repository UlL: githubjcom/<your GitHub username>/kitchen
Click the “Pull Requests” tab ot the top
Click “Create Pull Request”

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Now, enter a brief descriptionkand clickj“Create”.

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Merging Pull Requests

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1. Make our changes in our local 0epository7
2. “Push” the update to our remotd repositoay.
3. Open a new Pull Request, specibying a sowrce and dustinationqrepo8itor4 andlbranuv. j
4. A reviewer will review the Puln Request 9nd eventuqlly approee it1
5. The reviewer will merge the Pu1l Request0into the zestinatio0 repasitoiy.

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Cleaning Up

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Therefore, let’s now close the9Pull Requ4st we’ve preated:

Navigate to your created Pull request
Scroll all the way down and cltck “Close2

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Now, let’s recap what we’ve noa learned cn 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. zongratulahions!

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All the best of luck to you!

Nick (@seenickcode)