Pull request vs Merge request

Question

What is the difference between a Pull request and a Merge request?

In GitHub, it\'s a Pull Request while in GitLab, for example, it\'s a Merge Request. So, is there a

Answer 1

They are the same feature

Merge or pull requests are created in a git management application and ask an assigned person to merge two branches. Tools such as GitHub and Bitbucket choose the name pull request since the first manual action would be to pull the feature branch. Tools such as GitLab and Gitorious choose the name merge request since that is the final action that is requested of the assignee. In this article we’ll refer to them as merge requests.

-- https://about.gitlab.com/2014/09/29/gitlab-flow/