Avoid unwanted merge commits and other commits when doing pull request on GitHub

Question

I forked a project on Github.

Let the remote upstream be upstream and my remote repository be origin. My local master branch is se

Answer 1

On Github, You can't create a pull request for a single specific checkin on a branch that has multiple checkins separating it from upstream.

Create a branch specifically for each pull request you intend to make. This allows you to continue working without fear of polluting a pull request.