How do I activate GitHub Pull Requests and Issues on VSCODE? - github

I'm trying to install 'GitHub Pull Requests and Issues' on VSCODE which worked but I can't do anything, like login to my GitHub account.
I already have Git installed on my Computer.

you need to be on the GitHub Pull Request page. Click on the create new pull request button. Then choose a target branch to which you want to pull, and from which you want to pull.
When you click “Create”, if the branch is not yet pushed to the GitHub remote repository, the extension will ask whether you want to publish the branch and provide a dropdown menu for you to choose from.
The Create Pull Request, automatically allows you to review details in the pull request, in the Review Mode. You can add comments, reviewers, labels, and finally merge the pull request when it is ready to go.

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Creating pull requests automatically using jgit

I want to build an automation to create many pull requests on GIT by just click of a button. Input for the API would be source and destination branch. I have come across ways to checkout repository using jgit but did not get anything to create pull request automatically. Please assist.

Cannot push GitHub changes form Atom editor

I've been giving GitHub's Atom editor a try but am struggling to get the GitHub integration to work. I cloned a repository from my account and cannot push the changes back to GitHub.
I just added a test file called "otherfile.html", committed those changes, and tried pushing it. It comes up with a login for GitHub twice were I enter my username ans a Personal Access Token (I have two-factor authentication setup). Then it gives me this error message:
The tip of your current branch is behind its remote counterpart. Try pulling before pushing again. Or, to force push, hold cmd or ctrl while clicking.
Not sure if it is related, but the GitHub tab says this:
No Pull request could be found fo the branch master on the repository gabrielewig/gabrielewig.github.io
You can manually pin a GitHub pull request to the current branch by entering its URL:
Any help would be appreciated! The exact repo can be found here: https://github.com/gabrielewig/gabrielewig.github.io
First, switch to command line to see what git status give you.
And do a git pull if it still mention your master branch is behind its remote counterpart.
Second, check your git config credential.helper value.
On Windows for instance, the GCM helper would need your username/password (not PTA) in order to create a PTA.
Finally, do check "Improved pull request experience in GitHub for Atom" (Sept. 2018)
we’ve added a pull request list view. Now you can see the most recent pull requests in the GitHub tab Ctrl+8 with information such as:
Author’s avatar
Title of the pull request
Pull request number
CI status
“Last Updated” information
In addition to seeing more information about your existing pull requests, you can also open a new pull request directly from Atom.

Github allow some specific non-admin users to push changes to a protected branch where all other uses have to create a pull request

This is for Jenkins where I don't want the Jenkins user as a Github admin but I want it to add 1 to the build number (which for iOS happens to be in the info.plist) commit + push it as part of our build process. Adding 1 to the build number is the easy bit.
However, I generally want all users to be forced to create pull requests on this branch and have the branch as protected.
If I add the jenkins user (nickm01 below) to the "allowed to push to branch" list, that user still seems to have to create a pull request to push a commit.
How can I configure things differently?
See below for our branch settings. Unfortunately our jenkins user "nickm01" still has to create a PR in order to push changes.

How to create a Git pull request from within Eclipse

I can't seem to find in the egit documentation how to create a pull request from within Eclipse once you push a branch to a remote repository.
All the searches I've tried pull up command line answers or answers on how to do it from the web interface.
So right now I'm having to:
Make changes and commit locally to my branch
Do a "Team -> Push Branch..."
Once that's complete then open the remote repository from web browser and create a pull request from my branch there.
I want to be able to do that last step from within Eclipse.
This is not possible. Neither with egit nor with the github mylyn connector (which only allows you to track existing pull requests). You have to use the browser or other tools.
However, if your git server returns a result message containing a URL to your newly pushed branch, then the push result dialog shows that URL as a clickable link that you can use to open your browser more quickly on the right page to create a pull request.

Github / EGit pull request workflow

Say I have a repo and someone forks it. Then they do work and submit a pull request. But the code contains a large number of lines and/or it creates a GUI. I'd like to fetch it so I can actually see it run from Eclipse before merging it into my master. The options I've come up with are:
Create a second repo in EGit and clone directly from their fork.
Create a new branch just for them. Then leave a comment for the request asking them to re-submit the pull request using the new branch and that I'll be closing the current request (without merging)
Always keep around a branch for them to use in their pull requests.
Besides setting up an organization on Github what else could I do?
Then leave a comment for the request asking them to re-submit the pull request using the new branch and that I'll be closing the current request
They don't have to re-submit, it you test and merge first locally, as described in the "Merging a pull request" GitHub page.
git checkout master
git pull https://github.com/otheruser/repo.git branchname
If the local merge works, then you can go ahead and merge the pull request through the GitHub web interface.
GitHub has documented how to checkout a pull request.
As I have illustrated before in "What support for git namespaces exists in git hosting services", you can use refs/pull/<PRNumber>/head as remote pull reference, in command line or in Egit when, for instance, creating a new branch.
If the PR number is 123, you can simply use the EGit Pull action, and use pulls/123/head as reference.