SYNOPSIS
--------
-[verse]
-'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>]
+[synopsis]
+git request-pull [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
the changes, and indicates from where they can be pulled.
The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by
-`<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made
-since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting
-the repository named by `<URL>`.
+_<start>_ and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made
+since that commit, up to the commit named by _<end>_, by visiting
+the repository named by _<URL>_.
OPTIONS
-------
--p::
+`-p`::
Include patch text in the output.
-<start>::
+_<start>_::
Commit to start at. This names a commit that is already in
the upstream history.
-<URL>::
+_<URL>_::
The repository URL to be pulled from.
-<end>::
- Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit
+_<end>_::
+ Commit to end at (defaults to `HEAD`). This names the commit
at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled.
+
-When the repository named by `<URL>` has the commit at a tip of a
+When the repository named by _<URL>_ has the commit at a tip of a
ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the
`<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and
its remote name.
First you push that change to your public repository for others to
see:
- git push https://git.ko.xz/project master
+----
+git push https://git.ko.xz/project master
+----
Then, you run this command:
- git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master
+----
+git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master
+----
which will produce a request to the upstream, summarizing the
changes between the `v1.0` release and your `master`, to pull it
If you pushed your change to a branch whose name is different from
the one you have locally, e.g.
- git push https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+----
+git push https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+----
then you can ask that to be pulled with
- git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+----
+git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+----
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