This answer from a coworker fixed my problem: git checkout -b NEW_BRANCH_NAME LAST_COMMIT_NAME_BEFORE_THE_ONE_WANTED git cherry-pick COMMIT_NAME_WANTED git push origin NEW_BRANCH_NAME Then on GitHub you can do a pull request for the new branch you created. UPDATE I asked and answered this question when I first started working with git. Now that I know more about … Read more
What needs to be checked before anything else is the access level, which should be set to write. This can happen if you were added to the repo by someone else, and they forgot to grant you the required permissions.
Yes that is correct, the pull request on GitHub and Bitbucket is a request to merge two branches. One of the use cases is to have a QA person who is not the developer review and approve the merge request. Another use case is development on master branch is not allowed. A developer always develop … Read more
If my memory serves me correctly, then if you force push or update the branch in question in any way, GitHub will automatically update the pull request. If doing the force push would result in the pull request not being possible, then GitHub will tell you this. You do not need to worry about updating … Read more
Despite the misleading/broken github interface there’s actually a way to get what you want. You need to drop one . Instead of: https://github.com/account/repo/compare/ath/branchA…branchB do https://github.com/account/repo/compare/ath/branchA..branchB This compares branch heads instead of simply using the base branch to find the merge base. github’s reponse is what clued me in from @edwin-evans’ response: This is a result … Read more
Github supports this now with a .gitattributes file. Create a .gitattributes file in the root of the repository. Use the linguist-generated attribute to mark or unmark paths that you would like to be ignored for the repository’s language statistics and hidden by default in diffs. For example, to mark search/index.json as a generated file, add … Read more
As of 2017-01-23, Github have added this functionality. Search You can filter pull requests based their review status (none, required, approved, changes requested, or required), by reviewer, and by requested reviewer. For example: type:pr review:none Matches pull requests that have not been reviewed. type:pr review:required Matches pull requests that require a review before they can … Read more
The message “client_global_hostkeys_private_confirm: server gave bad signature for RSA key 0” is not an error, it is a warning, and it is related to some ssh versioning issue. It used to be very common to receive from GitLab. If you want it to go away, you can make sure that your ~/.ssh/config contains the following: … Read more
If you were the one who has committed the pull request you cannot approve or request changes on this pull request. It’s only available when someone else requested such action. So your only option is to comment it.