You can create a new branch containing the pull request fairly easily.[1] It's just: git fetch origin pull/ID/head:BRANCHNAME git checkout BRANCHNAME

You can create a new branch containing the pull request fairly easily.[1] It's just: git fetch origin pull/ID/head:BRANCHNAME git checkout BRANCHNAME Edit: I see that MaikuMori[2] posted the same information just before me; ah well. [1]: https://help.github.com/articles/checking-out-pull-requests-locally#modifying-an-inactive-pull-request-locally https://help.github.com/articles/checking-out-pull-requests-... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7949107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7949107