git request-pull: how to create a (github) pull request on the command line?

Question

I\'ve cloned a project, and pushed a branch with just a renamed readme file to README. I am trying to create a pull-request on the command line, just to try PR from here ins

Answer 1

Github has developed hub:

hub is a command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub.

which allows you to do that using

hub pull-request

Note that, unlike git request pull, this is the same as a pull request done via the web interface.

Documentation for the hub pull-request command: https://hub.github.com/hub-pull-request.1.html

Answer 2

With Github's new official CLI (command line interface):

gh pr create --base master --title "My first cli PR" --body "What did I do?"

See additional details and options and installation instructions.

Answer 3

Even though they are called exactly the same thing, a GitHub pull request and a 'git request-pull' are completely different.

The git request-pull is for generating a summary of pending changes to be sent to a mailing list. It has no integration by default with GitHub.

The GitHub Pull Requests is a fully featured function of GitHub only. It allows for merging and integration of code from a different branch/fork. You can resolve merge conflicts, do code reviews, or add additional comments to a GitHub pull request.

Unfortunately the git command is named similarly to GitHub functionality which makes it sound like they should be doing the same thing.