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Re:Git-absorb: Git commit –fixup, but automatic by DanielHB on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:36AM (#41655966)
Why is it a "Pull Request" instead of a "Push Request"?

Someone named it that way and it stuck.

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Re:Git-absorb: Git commit –fixup, but automatic by usr1106 on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:44AM (#41656017)
You request others/the maintainer to pull. That was the only way before the forges. I guess gitlab's merge request is more descriptive.
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