Download Github pull request as unified diff

306
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How can I download the changes contained in a Github pull request as a unified diff?

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Normally the PR patch link is sent to the person, who's accepting the PR. – kenorb
This isn't implemented in GitLab yet, but I created a feature request so please add your votes to it. – colan
cf. the the last ¶ of Pro Git §6.3.3: "Managing Pull Requests: Email Notifications" – Geremia

3 Answers

545
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To view a commit as a diff/patch file, just add .diff or .patch to the end of the URL, for example:

53
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Somewhat related, to let git download pull request 123 and patch it into mylocalbranch locally, run:

git checkout -b mylocalbranch
git pull origin pull/921/head
2
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To get the PR changes into your local repo in an staged but uncommitted state, so you can review:

git pull origin pull/123/head --no-commit

And to generate a patch file from that:

git diff --cached > pr123.diff