Changes between Version 93 and Version 94 of HowToGit

Timestamp:

Jun 3, 2020, 1:23:43 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

nila

Comment:

Section added with instructions for making a checkout of a pull request locally for testing

HowToGit

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+
+=== Checking out pull requests locally ===
+
+A convenient way to checkout a pull request for testing purposes is using the following command pattern:
+
+{{{#!sh
+# assuming that "upstream" points to OSGeo/grass
+
+git fetch upstream pull/<id>/head:<branch>
+}}}
+
+The `<id>` is the ID number and `<branch>` is the branch name of the pull request.
+
+For example, using this information on a PR as displayed on !GitHub:
+{{{
+Fix this error #123
+Someone wants to merge 3 commits into OSGeo:master from Someone:fix-this-error
+}}}
+the command would look like:
+{{{#!sh
+git fetch upstream pull/123/head:fix-this-error
+
+# then proceed to checkout for testing
+git checkout fix-this-error
+
+# after testing, you may delete locally
+git checkout master
+git branch -D fix-this-error
+}}}
+
 == Fixing bugs in a release branch ==