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.TH "GIT\-REQUEST\-PULL" "1" "2025-08-21" "Git 2\&.51\&.0\&.68\&.g954d33a" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-request-pull \- Generates a summary of pending changes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit request\-pull\fR [\-p] <start> <URL> [<end>]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into their tree\&. The request, printed to the standard output, begins with the branch description, summarizes the changes, and indicates from where they can be pulled\&.
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The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by \fI<start>\fR and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made since that commit, up to the commit named by \fI<end>\fR, by visiting the repository named by \fI<URL>\fR\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-p
.RS 4
Include patch text in the output\&.
.RE
.PP
<start>
.RS 4
Commit to start at\&. This names a commit that is already in the upstream history\&.
.RE
.PP
<URL>
.RS 4
The repository URL to be pulled from\&.
.RE
.PP
<end>
.RS 4
Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD)\&. This names the commit at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled\&.
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When the repository named by
\fI<URL>\fR
has the commit at a tip of a ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the
\fI<local>\fR\fB:\fR\fI<remote>\fR
syntax, to have its local name, a colon
\fB:\fR, and its remote name\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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Imagine that you built your work on your \fBmaster\fR branch on top of the \fBv1\&.0\fR release, and want it to be integrated into the project\&. First you push that change to your public repository for others to see:
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
git push https://git\&.ko\&.xz/project master
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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Then, you run this command:
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
git request\-pull v1\&.0 https://git\&.ko\&.xz/project master
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
which will produce a request to the upstream, summarizing the changes between the \fBv1\&.0\fR release and your \fBmaster\fR, to pull it from your public repository\&.
.sp
If you pushed your change to a branch whose name is different from the one you have locally, e\&.g\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
git push https://git\&.ko\&.xz/project master:for\-linus
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
then you can ask that to be pulled with
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
git request\-pull v1\&.0 https://git\&.ko\&.xz/project master:for\-linus
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite