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I've had a situation where a PR diff (from a feature branch to master) is different to a diff generated by comparing that ame feature branch to master.



The only thing I can think of is that GitHub 'freezes' the PR diff at the time of creation, and then that diff gets 'outdated' as master moves on (other feature branches get merged in).



Does GitHub 'freeze' PR diffs? If so, is there any way to 'refresh' it? Or is there a different reason for the diffs to be different?










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    I've had a situation where a PR diff (from a feature branch to master) is different to a diff generated by comparing that ame feature branch to master.



    The only thing I can think of is that GitHub 'freezes' the PR diff at the time of creation, and then that diff gets 'outdated' as master moves on (other feature branches get merged in).



    Does GitHub 'freeze' PR diffs? If so, is there any way to 'refresh' it? Or is there a different reason for the diffs to be different?










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      I've had a situation where a PR diff (from a feature branch to master) is different to a diff generated by comparing that ame feature branch to master.



      The only thing I can think of is that GitHub 'freezes' the PR diff at the time of creation, and then that diff gets 'outdated' as master moves on (other feature branches get merged in).



      Does GitHub 'freeze' PR diffs? If so, is there any way to 'refresh' it? Or is there a different reason for the diffs to be different?










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      I've had a situation where a PR diff (from a feature branch to master) is different to a diff generated by comparing that ame feature branch to master.



      The only thing I can think of is that GitHub 'freezes' the PR diff at the time of creation, and then that diff gets 'outdated' as master moves on (other feature branches get merged in).



      Does GitHub 'freeze' PR diffs? If so, is there any way to 'refresh' it? Or is there a different reason for the diffs to be different?







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          Essentially yes; Git will freeze the diff of the PR at the point at which the PR was created. If something else has been merged into master subsequent to you creating the PR, the head sections will differ, and as such the diff will also differ.



          In order to see only your changes (and not those made to master in the mean-time), you can use the triple-dot syntax:



          git diff develop...master


          This will essentially show you the "merge base" of these two branches (the last common commit):



          enter image description here



          If additional work is required on the same branch after a pull request is merged, you can still create a subsequent commit on that feature branch and then create a second pull request. This will have the same effect of creating an independent feature branch for the second commit, though this can be useful for tracking associated work. Note that the subsequent pull request would carry the changes from both commits; it contains all of the first commit plus any changes made after it. As such, there is no difference between choosing to merge both pull requests or only merging the latter.






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          • So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          Essentially yes; Git will freeze the diff of the PR at the point at which the PR was created. If something else has been merged into master subsequent to you creating the PR, the head sections will differ, and as such the diff will also differ.



          In order to see only your changes (and not those made to master in the mean-time), you can use the triple-dot syntax:



          git diff develop...master


          This will essentially show you the "merge base" of these two branches (the last common commit):



          enter image description here



          If additional work is required on the same branch after a pull request is merged, you can still create a subsequent commit on that feature branch and then create a second pull request. This will have the same effect of creating an independent feature branch for the second commit, though this can be useful for tracking associated work. Note that the subsequent pull request would carry the changes from both commits; it contains all of the first commit plus any changes made after it. As such, there is no difference between choosing to merge both pull requests or only merging the latter.






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          • So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          Essentially yes; Git will freeze the diff of the PR at the point at which the PR was created. If something else has been merged into master subsequent to you creating the PR, the head sections will differ, and as such the diff will also differ.



          In order to see only your changes (and not those made to master in the mean-time), you can use the triple-dot syntax:



          git diff develop...master


          This will essentially show you the "merge base" of these two branches (the last common commit):



          enter image description here



          If additional work is required on the same branch after a pull request is merged, you can still create a subsequent commit on that feature branch and then create a second pull request. This will have the same effect of creating an independent feature branch for the second commit, though this can be useful for tracking associated work. Note that the subsequent pull request would carry the changes from both commits; it contains all of the first commit plus any changes made after it. As such, there is no difference between choosing to merge both pull requests or only merging the latter.






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          • So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          Essentially yes; Git will freeze the diff of the PR at the point at which the PR was created. If something else has been merged into master subsequent to you creating the PR, the head sections will differ, and as such the diff will also differ.



          In order to see only your changes (and not those made to master in the mean-time), you can use the triple-dot syntax:



          git diff develop...master


          This will essentially show you the "merge base" of these two branches (the last common commit):



          enter image description here



          If additional work is required on the same branch after a pull request is merged, you can still create a subsequent commit on that feature branch and then create a second pull request. This will have the same effect of creating an independent feature branch for the second commit, though this can be useful for tracking associated work. Note that the subsequent pull request would carry the changes from both commits; it contains all of the first commit plus any changes made after it. As such, there is no difference between choosing to merge both pull requests or only merging the latter.






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          Essentially yes; Git will freeze the diff of the PR at the point at which the PR was created. If something else has been merged into master subsequent to you creating the PR, the head sections will differ, and as such the diff will also differ.



          In order to see only your changes (and not those made to master in the mean-time), you can use the triple-dot syntax:



          git diff develop...master


          This will essentially show you the "merge base" of these two branches (the last common commit):



          enter image description here



          If additional work is required on the same branch after a pull request is merged, you can still create a subsequent commit on that feature branch and then create a second pull request. This will have the same effect of creating an independent feature branch for the second commit, though this can be useful for tracking associated work. Note that the subsequent pull request would carry the changes from both commits; it contains all of the first commit plus any changes made after it. As such, there is no difference between choosing to merge both pull requests or only merging the latter.







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          • So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          • So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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          So if it does indeed 'freeze' the diff, does that mean that the set of changes applied to the merge commit when I merge the PR is different to what I'm seeing on the PR screen where I click the merge button?

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