Difference between 'git request-pull' and 'pull request'

Question

What is git request-pull and how does it compare to making a pull request, e.g. on github?

1. How is it supposed to be used?

Answer 1

1. A Pull Request supports the controlled adoption of code modifications into a given code base over a Web-UI, provided by a hoster (e.g. github, bitbucket). Example.

2. git request-pull is a git command that eases the process of contributing patches over email without depending to the services of a single hoster. Example.

+-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------+
|     Action      |           Pull Request         |       git request-pull   |
+-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------+
| authentication  |  Register and login at hoster  |  Full Name, Signed Email |
| description     |  Web-Ui                        |  Patch, Email            |
| discussion      |  Web-Ui                        |  Email, Mailinglist      |
| review          |  Web-Ui                        |  Email, Mailinglist      |
| adoption        |  One button `merge` action     |  git pull/push           |
+-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------+