Git & Version Control

Pull Request (PR)

What It Is

A request to merge your branch into another branch, usually with review

Analogy

Submitting your draft for editorial review before it gets published

Try It Out

Pull Request

open

Add new header component

by you

+125-23

Related Terms in Git & Version Control

Git

Track Changes in Microsoft Word, but for your entire project, and you control when to save checkpoints

GitHub

Google Drive for code — your files exist locally, but GitHub is where you back them up and share them

Repository (Repo)

A folder with a detailed diary of every change ever made to it

Commit

A save point in a video game — you can always go back to it if things go wrong