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6 git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes
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9 git request-pull [-p] <start> <url> [<end>]
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13 Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into
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15 the branch description, summarizes the changes and indicates from where
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28 Commit to start at. This names a commit that is already in the
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35 Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit at the
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44 Imagine that you built your work on your master branch on top of the
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52 git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master
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68 Part of the git(1) suite
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