Mergifyio / Mergifyio/mergify

Rebase PR when base branch is merged

Open
#544 6 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
No language data
Stars
339
Forks
93
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Related to https://github.com/Mergifyio/mergify-engine/issues/291

Say PR 42 has branch base and PR 43 uses base as base branch. It would be great to have PR 43 be rebased on master automatically when PR 42 is merged.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with related issue #291 and inspect the repository's existing pull-request automation for where merged base branches are handled. Confirm how PR 43 should be detected after PR 42 merges, then verify that the dependent branch is automatically rebased on master without disrupting the pull request.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, github, python
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.