A pull request is a request to the file’s maintainer to review a change and then, if approved, pull it in to the main file: This is an XML file for a DC law. On GitHub, the pencil icon begins ...

GitHub today announced Suggested Changes: a new feature that promises to make it easier to implement and action changes in pull requests.Here’s how it works. Suppose you’re collaborating on a ...

GitHub adds templates for Pull Requests and Issues to help push projects forward February 17, 2016 - 9:13 pm. GitHub is great for pushing a big project forward, but not ...

GitHub has introduced draft pull requests to handle work-in-progress scenarios where you might want to open a PR or start a conversation with your teammates before your code is ready to be reviewed.

This feature integrates with GitHub’s protected branches, Berman said — if the reviewer requested changes to a pull request on a protected branch, the pull request can be blocked. Above: Part ...

Using code owners, you can define specific teams or individuals that are responsible for a piece of code so that when you make a pull request the relevant people are informed automatically.