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Once you have a change OR changes pushed to your Github repo, you will want to share those changes with the owner of the upstream project repository.
NOTE: This lesson presumes that your changes have been pushed to your own Github repo (instructions on how to do this were covered in a previous lesson: Git Overview.
- Navigate to your Github repo in your browser.
- Above the file list on the left hand side, click on the "New Pull Request" button:
- Github will allow you to confirm which changes in your repo you want to share with the original author, as shown in the following image.
- NOTE: Github transfers you to the repo of the original author
- You will no longer be on your own Github account page.
- Before proceeding, you should check for the following items.
- Confirm that the base fork is your fork
- Confirm that the head fork is the original author's fork
- Confirm that Github says: Able to merge (IF there are conflicts, refer to the Git Overview for instructions on how to fix this problem.
- Click on "Create pull request"
- Follow these steps to prep the Pull Request for creation:
- Write a Summary Title describing your changes (~50 characters or so)
- Write a brief Description of what you're changing in this pull request
- Click on "Create pull request"
REMINDER: This leaves you in the original author's repo (Chalmer Lowe in this case) and not your own!
As shown here, your repo has changes that need to be advertised to the upstream owner. Github uses the concept of a Pull Request to do this.
Whe you submit a Pull Request, the upstream owner will get a notification in Github and can then review all your suggested changes.
If they agree with and approve your suggested changes they will merge the changes into their project.
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