Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - How to Open Pull Request from a Forked Repository

The video tutorial explains how to clone a repository to your local system and sync changes from a remote parent repository. It covers the process of making changes in a forked repository and proposing those changes to the parent repository using pull requests. The tutorial details the steps involved in creating a feature branch, making changes, and opening a pull request. It also discusses the review process, where the parent repository owner and others can approve, reject, or request changes. Finally, the tutorial provides a practical guide to applying these concepts.

What is the primary reason you cannot directly make changes to a parent repository?

• You need to clone it first.

• You lack push rights to the parent repository.

• The repository is read-only.

• The repository is not forked.

What is the first step in proposing changes to a parent repository using a pull request?

• Create a new feature branch in the forked repository.

• Directly edit the parent repository.

• Request push rights from the owner.

• Clone the parent repository again.

What can the owner of the parent repository do after a pull request is submitted?

• Delete the forked repository.

• Review, approve, reject, or request changes.

• Automatically merge the changes.

• Grant push rights to the forked repository owner.

Who else, besides the owner, can participate in the pull request review process?

• No one else can participate.

• Only the repository administrators.

• Anyone with access to the parent repository.

• Only the original author of the changes.

What is the ultimate goal of the pull request process?

• To create a new parent repository.

• To clone the parent repository again.

• To delete the forked repository.

• To merge the feature branch from the forked repository into the parent repository.