Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Opening Pull Request from a Forked Repository

The video tutorial guides users through the process of creating a pull request on GitHub. It starts with committing changes and opening a pull request from a forked repository. The tutorial explains how to compare branches across different repositories and create a pull request in a remote repository. It covers finalizing the pull request, including adding a title and comments, and allowing edits from maintainers. Finally, it discusses reviewing and merging the pull request, emphasizing the role of the repository owner in this process.

Explain the significance of the checkbox 'allow edits from maintainers' when creating a pull request.

What does it mean when a pull request is opened from a forked repository?