Sync updates to head to orig
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 1k
- Forks
- 84
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
GitHub lets you directly edit a PR, which will desync head and orig and result in a bad time. Add some capability for syncing these together.
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the ghstack command-line handling for GitHub pull requests and how it distinguishes head from orig. Define the synchronization behavior for PRs edited directly on GitHub, then verify that the two references remain consistent after the relevant workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100