Change the target branch of a pull request

[tjfontaine]

It can be necessary to pick a different target branch for a pull request if you accidentally select the wrong one, or perhaps you're asked to rebase the branch against a development branch vs a stable branch.

[thedrow]

Oh this is much needed :+1:

[jzaefferer]

What's wrong with closing and opening a new pull request? You can still reference the previous one if the discussion is of any value.

[thedrow]

@jzaefferer There's nothing wrong with it. It's simply inconvenient.

[tjfontaine]

It's also very tedious, and having to open a second because the goal post has changed for a milestone seems inconvenient, especially since I can rebase the target multiple times but in the end all utility of the comparison is lost because it's not pointing to anything sane

[piedar]

I too would appreciate this feature.

It would also be handy if you could set the pull request target to a new branch. github could create a "pending branch" on upstream's repo. When the pull is merged, it creates - and immediately pushes to - the upstream branch.

[prust]

:+1:

[amirnissim]

+1

[bc-ben-buchanan]

+1

[delliott90]

+1

[anton-rudeshko]

+1

[kuanxu]

+1

[reinert]

+1

[odedniv]

+1

[sjaeckel]

:+1:

[jaen]

Also in favour. Just did a pull request to wrong branch and ended up with the longest diff.

[kspangsege]

:+1:

[marekmurawski]

:+1:

[mvdkleijn]

:+1:

[nicwortel]

:+1: this would be a great improvement. I've sent an email to GitHub support, referencing to this issue.

[timpokorny]

+1

[nicwortel]

I received the following response from GitHub:

Thanks for your feedback about pull requests, Nic!

I've added your suggestions to our internal feature request list. We don't comment publicly about if or when we may implement a particular feature until it has shipped, however your feedback has definitely been recorded.

Let us know if you have any other suggestions.

Cheers, Ivan

[mvdkleijn]

I received the following response from GitHub:

That's their standard "we can't comment" reply. :smile:

[ams2990]

+1

[nathanbrauer]

:+1:

[llvtt]

+1

[tchap]

:+1:

[ghost]

+1

[gr2m]

:+1:

[gauteh]

:+1: for gods sake.

[thenbrent]

:+1:

[rGaillard]

+1

[aarana-ix]

+1

[gaillafr]

+1

[snowwlex]

+1

[ranjaykrishna]

+1

[ajbrown]

:+1:

[Aaronius]

+1

[fsaez-ix]

+1

[andrewrk]

:camel:

[seriallos]

:thumbsup:

[barts]

+1

[maxsnew]

:+1:

[dgbeck]

+1

[Zolmeister]

+1

[ViliusKraujutis]

Had to close old PR and create new one with correct target. It's good, that it was noticed early and not much discussion happened.

[tz]

:+1:

[franck-nadeau]

+1

[pkallos]

+1

[pdyraga]

:+1:

[garonsky]

+1