Based on issue #399, adjusting the behaviour.

This ends up changing the behaviour cloes to that of #394.
hub4j · Jan 13, 2018 · 0f7c160 · 0f7c160
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequest.java
@@ -187,10 +187,12 @@ public boolean canMaintainerModify() throws IOException {
      *
      * @return
      *      null if the state has not been determined yet, for example when a PR is newly created.
-     *      Use {@link #refresh()} after some interval to wait until the value is determined.
+     *      If this method is called on an instance whose mergeable state is not yet known,
+     *      API call is made to retrieve the latest state.
      */
     public Boolean getMergeable() throws IOException {
-        populate();
+        if (mergeable==null)
+            refresh();
         return mergeable;
     }