On 8/20/12 11 :56AM, "Omar Gonzalez" <omarg.develo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I understand the answer is not in the book but first I have to learn >>what >> pull and push requests are. >> >> Carol >> >> >Just to add some clarity to these two terms, sorry if you already know. > >First, there is no such thing as a push request, there are only pull >requests. > >A pull request is not the same as the command "git pull", they're similar >in concept but different in the context of GitHub. > >A "Pull Request" is a GitHub term that is used to notify the owner of a >repository that you have forked that you would like them to review a >commit(s) that you have done, comment on them if changes are required, and >if not required then please 'git fetch' these changes and 'git merge' them >into the main repository that the fork was forked from. GitHub makes the >process of fetching and merging easier by providing a "Pull" button. Thanks for the explanation. I had no idea there were two sets of things going on. So after I figure out git I need to go figure out github. Carol
