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Allow PR reviewers to comment on and suggest changes to unedited lines of code
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dotproto asked Jul 1, 2021 in Pull Requests · Closed · Answered

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Disable "Squash and merge" on some specific branches
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makotoshimazu asked Jan 31, 2022 in Pull Requests · Closed · Answered

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Allow users to set "Hide whitespace changes" by default
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ovflowd asked Sep 6, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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BUG: PR viewed files not working properly
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sam-woodridge asked May 17, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Review comments not shown in "Files changed" if a commit affects the comment's associated line
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renozao asked Mar 27, 2019 in New to GitHub · Answered

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PRs merging with the wrong merge method
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pajlada asked Mar 10, 2025 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Intelligent 'Dismiss stale approvals when new commits are pushed'
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sandstrom asked Mar 15, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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How to remove a reviewer from a Pull Request
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jimn-tn asked Oct 11, 2018 in New to GitHub · Answered

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Using the "Add single comment" button unexpectedly initiates a review, and does not let me use that button anymore.
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wircho asked Nov 8, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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prevent Compare & pull request buttun
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ygj6 asked Mar 12, 2020 in New to GitHub · Answered

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Please add a redirect from /pull to /pulls
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carltongibson asked Aug 11, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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A Ruleset with Metadata Restrictions on Commit Messages should not block Squash Merge Pull Requests unless the sqash commit message itself violates the rule
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justinmchase asked Feb 16, 2024 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Github Pull Request : Branch drop down searchbox filter is disabled
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rajxd asked Jun 21, 2024 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Unable to rebase merge a PR. I get a warning that it is trying to do a squash merge.
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dethstrobe asked Mar 11, 2025 in Pull Requests · Closed · Answered

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Rebase functionality for "Update branch" button
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trivikr asked Jan 27, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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[2025-03-11] Incident Notification (Updated): UI Issue with Merging & Squashing PRs❗
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samus-aran asked Mar 11, 2025 in Pull Requests · Closed · Answered

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Strong performance issues with Safari on pull-requests
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karlcow asked Aug 25, 2025 in Pull Requests · Answered

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leave comment on file names
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caoilte asked Mar 18, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Prevent non-organization users from approving pull requests
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driesvints asked Jun 29, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Branch Protection Rule "Require approval of the most recent push" should provide option to ignore clean/empty commits
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zepeng811 asked Dec 12, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Allow only specific people or team to approve a PR
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mantzas asked Apr 28, 2020 in New to GitHub · Answered

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Team being removed as a Pull Request reviewer after one member has reviewed
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pearsonradu asked May 18, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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"Update with rebase" results in a large change set with spurious commits
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alalazo asked Apr 4, 2023 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Please make the Pull Request UI more like Azure DevOps
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TheMagnificent11 asked Apr 13, 2022 in Pull Requests · Answered

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Squash and merge commit message title to always be a PR title
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nt4f04uNd asked Oct 8, 2021 in Pull Requests · Answered

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