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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by tadfisher on Friday April 10, 2026 @12:25AM (#47713624) 

    git request-pull
Docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull

Generates a pretty email requesting someone to pull commits from your online repository. It's really meant for Linus to pull a whole bunch of already-reviewed changes from a maintainer's integration branch.

The rough equivalent to GitHub's "pull request" is the "patch series", produced by:

    git format-patch
Docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch

Which lets you provide a "cover letter" (PR description), and formats each commit as a diff that can be quoted inline in an email reply for code review.

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Re:We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git by functional_dev on Friday April 10, 2026 @10:15AM (#47718521)
You are right, PRs are not in git. format-patch and request-pull are originals designed for mailings lists. Github just put UI on top.

Interesting that DAG model means any branch from anywhere can be merged... the forge is just coordination.

Explored here if curious - https://vectree.io/c/git-graph-theory-logic

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