I am new to github and I know it is a very basic question but i don't know what to do. I saw some youtube videos and some github questions but could not understand them
I created a pull request and it had some changes to be made so I made the required changes and actually created one more pull request instead of updating the original PR.
Lets say the previous PR was #100 and the new PR is #101 how can I change or update the #100 PR?
Answer with all the git commands would be helpful, thanks
That's actually pretty easy.
First you need to know the branch name for the pull request that you opened, go to
https://github.com/owner-username/repo-name/pull/100
and the header should say something like your-username wants to merge 1 commit into owner-username:master from your-username:patch-1
patch-1 or something else is your branch name for the 100-th pull request.
Now you just need to switch to that branch(in your local copy of it, in a fork):
git checkout patch-1
Add new commits to it, or adjust existing ones and push to your own fork:
git commit --allow-empty -m "This is another commit in my pull request"
git push origin patch-1
Your original pull request would be instantly updated because it's just a reference to your fork with a specific branch name.
Upd. you can open pull requests to your own repository, in this case you don't need to fork it(you can't).