How do I test a pull requests locally before merging from a forked version of my repo when I have different pull requests from different users

Question

Well, I am a bit new to git.

I am working on a project with my team members, I created a git repo that has my source code. A team member makes a fork of my repo, makes some addition and then submits a pull request to my master branch.

I want to test this code first before merging it into my master branch, he created a topical branch named "additional-changes" for the pull request and maybe deletes the branch after submitting the request.

so I go this way

git checkout -b test origin/master

but I get errors.

So do I need to add a remote for this team member's branch first before checking it out? I get errors like the branch does not exist.

Please ignore my long stories and just give me a step by step procedure to handle a situation like this.

Thanks

Possible duplicate of [How do I check out a remote Git branch?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1783405/how-do-i-check-out-a-remote-git-branch) — zmike, Jul 12 '19 at 17:28

zmike · Answer 1 · 2019-07-12T18:18:03.647

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Updated: It appears you can pull merge requests locally Git: How to checkout merge request locally, and create new local branch?

Add his forked project as a remote:

git remote <name_other_than_origin> <url>

Then you would do the following:

git fetch <name_of_forked_remote>
git checkout additional-changes

See How do I check out a remote Git branch? and Checkout branch on different remote.

edited Jul 12 '19 at 18:18

answered Jul 12 '19 at 17:27

zmike

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Yes, it is actually on a remote branch, it is on a forked version of my remote repo – Excellent Lawrence Jul 12 '19 at 17:31
So what if I have many users sending in pull requests, do I add all of them as remote? – Excellent Lawrence Jul 12 '19 at 17:44
Actually there may be a simpler way to do this. Are you guys using a central git server (e.g. GitLab, Bitbucket, Github)? – zmike Jul 12 '19 at 17:50
bitbucket and it is a private repo – Excellent Lawrence Jul 12 '19 at 20:02
I updated the answer with a generic link to a stackoverflow question. Atlissian also have an [aritcle about how to view merge requests locally](https://confluence.atlassian.com/bbkb/how-to-locally-fetch-and-checkout-a-pull-request-724402529.html). – zmike Jul 12 '19 at 20:04

How do I test a pull requests locally before merging from a forked version of my repo when I have different pull requests from different users

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