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Manage pull requests

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Manage pull requests

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- [Instructor] Pull requests also known as PRS are used to facilitate conversations around code. Typically, a PR is generated when someone wants to merge code from one repository branch into another. But they're also widely used when one developer has made an update in a clone repository and wants to let the original developer know about the change with the goal of merging it into the original repository. The PR features on GitHub are great for this purpose because they allow the owner of the repo to review the potential changes, make comments, and if all goes well, merge the code into the repository. However, managing pool requests can be tedious. Fortunately, we can use GitHub actions to automate just about all of the steps needed to accept and merge a pull request. And this scenario we'll use a workflow that approves and merges pull requests based on specific criteria. First, we'll run some tests to make sure the…

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