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> Merge Request (MR): when a programmer submits proposed changes to a project in a structured way. This makes it easy for anyone to see the differences and revi
by happyopossum 1y ago
> Merge Request (MR): when a programmer submits proposed changes to a project in a structured way. This makes it easy for anyone to see the differences and review the changes. Sometimes called a Pull Request.
Ok, maybe I’m in a bubble, and my job is only coding-adjacent, but I’ve literally never heard a PR called an MR until today. Is this a new thing?
- nkrisc 1y agoIt’s all I heard in 2011 when I first entered the corporate world.
- kop316 1y agoMerge Request is what Gitlab calls a Pull Request: https://docs.gitlab.com/development/contributing/first_contribution/mr-review/ https://docs.gitlab.com/development/contributing/first_contr... I'm more familiar with that term as I use Gitlab more than Github.
- ares623 1y agoGitlab calls it merge requests
- zulban 1y agoIndeed. I think I'll add a note that PR is GitHub. Not only do I use GitLab more often in my org, but I genuinely think the term itself is more precise. I can be a bit of a stickler for vocabulary.
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