github合并到一个特定的提交

Question

Git allows one to merge up to a specific commit. For example, merging the master branch up to a commit on dev which is not necessarily the latest commit. The command for this is as follows:

git merge <commitId>

The github web application allows one to manage their branches by kicking of a merge. One accomplishes this using "Create a pull request" under the "Compare Changes" view. I'm confused by the interface because, if I specify a changeset rather than a branch for comparison, github will not give me the option of starting a pull request (though it will perform the comparison).

Does anyone know whether it is possible to accomplish a merge up to a specific changeset or tag from the github webapp?

Answer 1

Github pull request are made for branches.

If you like to merge upto specific change, go to that commit using

git checkout <commit-id>

create a git branch from there

 git branch <branch-name>

create a pull request from the newly created branch.

Example: check this link , it says rajuGT wants to merge 1 commit into sstephenson: master from rajuGT: Object_isObject .
here master is sstephenson repository's main branch and Object_isObject is a topic branch which is asked for pull request.

Note: Any changes made after pull request to the pull request branch, will be considered in the pull request. So always try to use topic branches for patches.