Get started with pull requests

Use pull requests to propose, discuss, and merge changes on GitHub.

Break large code changes into a chain of smaller, dependent pull requests you can review and merge independently.

Use forks to make changes in your own copy of a repository and propose them back to the original project.

Propose your first change and take it all the way from your first commit to a merged pull request.

Install the gh stack extension in GitHub CLI and create your first set of stacked pull requests.

Review a pull request by leaving comments, making suggestions, and approving or requesting changes.