GH-900 · Question #59
You've made changes in a branch called feature-update and now want to merge it into the main branch of the same repository. What is the correct base and compare setup when opening a pull request?
The correct answer is A. Base: main, Compare: feature-updateright. The base branch is where the changes will be merged into (usually main), and the compare branch is where the changes are coming from (feature-update). Option A is CORRECT because when creating a pull request, the base branch is the one you want to merge your changes into (in…
Question
You've made changes in a branch called feature-update and now want to merge it into the main branch of the same repository. What is the correct base and compare setup when opening a pull request?
Options
- ABase: main, Compare: feature-updateright
- BBase: feature-update, Compare: main
- CBase: main, Compare: main
- DBase: develop, Compare: main
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A78% (18)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D13% (3)
Explanation
The base branch is where the changes will be merged into (usually main), and the compare branch is where the changes are coming from (feature-update). Option A is CORRECT because when creating a pull request, the base branch is the one you want to merge your changes into (in this case, main), and the compare branch is the one that contains the new changes (in this case, feature-update). https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to- your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/about-repositories
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