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GitHub clone from pull request?

I would like to clone a repository from GitHub. The problem is I don't want the main branch; I want the version in this unapproved pull request.

Is it possible for me to clone the pull request version instead of the main repository?

Solution

  • The easiest way to do that is like this:

    git fetch origin pull/<pr_number>/head:<local_branch_name>
git switch <local_branch_name>

    You will now be on a new branch that is on the state of the pull request.

    You might want to set up an alias by running

    git config --global alias.pr '!f() { git fetch -fu ${2:-origin} refs/pull/$1/head:pr/$1 && git checkout pr/$1; }; f'

    Now you can checkout any PR by running git pr <pr_number>, or git pr <pr_number> <remote> if your github remote is not named origin.