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> The "pull request" term is from git (AFAIK) Possibly from github. It got popularized there at least, encouraging forking code, and is why so many people say
by Izkata 7mo ago
> The "pull request" term is from git (AFAIK)
Possibly from github. It got popularized there at least, encouraging forking code, and is why so many people say "pull request" when they mean "merge request".
- js2 7mo agoGitHub took the "pull request" terminology from Git. A kernel developer (say) would have a bunch of changes ready in their local Git server and would request a pull from Linus, hence a pull request. There's literally a command for it: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull https://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull The command is so old it's still written in shell: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-request-pull.sh https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/git-request-pull.sh It was first added July 27, 2005: https://github.com/git/git/commit/ab421d2c7886341c246544bc8dea43c66a44d909 https://github.com/git/git/commit/ab421d2c7886341c246544bc8d... https://lore.kernel.org/git/20050726073036.GJ6098@mythryan2.michonline.com/ https://lore.kernel.org/git/20050726073036.GJ6098@mythryan2.... But even then, it simply codified existing terminology. Ah, someone else did the research, so minimally BitKeeper had the "pull" command first and the term "pull request" falls naturally from that: https://rdnlsmith.com/posts/2023/004/pull-request-origins/ https://rdnlsmith.com/posts/2023/004/pull-request-origins/