How to update a pull request from forked repo?
Updating a pull request in GitHub is as easy as committing the wanted changes into existing branch (that was used with pull request), but often it is also wanted to squash the changes into single commit:
git checkout yourbranch
git rebase -i origin/master
# Edit command names accordingly
pick 1fc6c95 My pull request
squash 6b2481b Hack hack - will be discarded
squash dd1475d Also discarded
git push -f origin yourbranch
...and now the pull request contains only one commit.
Related links about rebasing:
- https://help.github.com/articles/about-git-rebase
- Squash all my commits into one for GitHub pull request
You have done it correctly. The pull request will automatically update. The process is:
- Open pull request
- Commit changes based on feedback in your local repo
- Push to the relevant branch of your fork
The pull request will automatically add the new commits to the Commits tab of the PR.
Just push to the branch that the pull request references. As long as the pull request is still open, it should get updated with any added commits automatically.