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How to update fork's pull request HEAD from the Github API? #24767
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Note: The PR has “allow edits from maintainers” enabled. I am trying to use the If it were not a fork, I’d be able to use the I have tried to use the I have tried to target the fork’s ref (i.e. Not sure what to try next. |
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Hey there @joao-paulo-parity 👋 Just a couple questions here to help move things forward… Is this fork from a private repository, and does it happen to be from within an Organization, or from a User account? The relationship between the fork and it’s “parent,” will not be able to be released by API action alone and would likely require a manual action from GitHub staff. If you could let us know the particulars of the repo and the fork you’re trying to work from, that would be excellent! |
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Hello. I’ve asked this almost a week ago so I have a workaround for the the problem now: I’m creating a temporary ref, pulling it, then deleting it after. Here’s the code for the workaround. I’m going through all of this trouble because I want the bot’s commits to be signed and verified; and the only way I found of doing that is by creating commits through the API. |
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Hello. I’ve asked this almost a week ago so I have a workaround for the the problem now: I’m creating a temporary ref, pulling it, then deleting it after.
Here’s the code for the workaround.
I’m going through all of this trouble because I want the bot’s commits to be signed and verified; and the only way I found of doing that is by creating commits through the API.