pull-request

I want to obtain a list of all pull requests on a repo through the github API. I've followed the instructions at http://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/ but when I query '/repos/:owner/:repo/pulls' its consistently returning fewer pull requests than are displayed on the website. For example, when I query the torvalds/linux repo I get 9 open pull requests (there are 14 on the website). If I add '?state=closed' I get a different set of 11 closed pull requests (the website shows around 20). Does anyone know where this discrepancy arises, and if there's any way to get a complete list of pull

On Github, you can make pull requests to add functionality to a project. One's contributions have to be on a branch that, if the request is accepted, will be merged into the master branch (or an analogous one) of the project. Now, I submitted a pull request on Github and my contributions are on a branch called patch-1 . I can modify the name of the branch locally by git branch -m patch-1 newname and in principle I can also rename it on my forked repo on Github by following the instruction found in this answer . This is done in practice by removing the old branch, patch-1 in my case, and repush

I made some changes I submitted a pull request The pull request was accepted and merged. We found a bug The changes were removed again whilst I fixed the bug. I've now fixed the bug and want to resubmit the pull request with 1 extra commit. Is there any way to reopen the pull request or update it, or do I have to create a new pull request, type out the description etc again? Gitorious has this feature and we've recently moved to GitHub. The answer seems to be: You can't. Once a pull request is merged and closed, it is locked forever and cannot be reopened. If your pull request is merged,

How can a pull request on github be cancelled? UPDATE The accepted answer didn't detail the steps in the answer and in any case, github has made this dead simple since this question was asked, so here are the steps: Visit the pull request page Tap the "close pull request button" you cad sir - take that GitHub now supports closing a pull request VonC In the spirit of a DVCS (as in "Distributed"), you don't cancel something you have published: Pull requests are essentially patches you have send (normally by email, here by GitHub webapp), and you wouldn't cancel an email either ;) But since the

Can I make a pull request on some else's gist on GitHub? I'm aware of the fork, clone and commit workflow for a gist I own. I'd like to know if I can request to update someone else's gist with my fork. You cannot currently open a pull request on a Gist. You can comment though on the Gist and ask the author to update the Gist from your fork. studgeek As @Kevin said, unfortunately GitHub doesn't expose a GUI for pull requests on gists. You can however fork the gist, make your changes in the fork, then share a link to your fork with the original author. If the original author is keeping a local