Quick summary
Merging a branch into main on GitHub requires opening a pull request and confirming the merge through GitHub's compare interface. This process ensures all code changes are reviewed before being integrated into the main branch.
Steps
- Navigate to the repository where the branches are located.
- Click the 'Compare & pull request' button.
- Click the branch dropdowns to change the base and compare branches.
- Select 'Main' as the base branch to merge into.
- Select the 'compare' branch that you want to compare from.
- Click 'Create pull request' to open the pull request.
- Check the changes being merged to ensure everything looks correct.
- Click 'Create pull request' to submit the pull request.
- Once approved, click 'Merge pull request'.
- Confirm by clicking 'Confirm merge' to complete the merge.
- The main branch is now updated with the latest development progress from the merged branch.
