GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by ezekg » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

GitHub Stacked PRs
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Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by ZeWaka » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC

Seems to mainly be useful for monorepos as currently designed. Or, to replace a long-lived feature/refactor branch.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by inetknght » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

Cool. Now let me do it across multiple repos. I often end up with 10 or 20 PRs across a half dozen repos that need to be merged in specific order.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by noident » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC

If only there were some way to logically break up large pull requests into smaller pieces... Some way of creating a checkpoint with a diff including your changes, and some kind of message explaining the context behind the change... some way to "commit" a change to the record of the repository...

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by bsimpson » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC

Finally!

I never understood the PR=branch model GitHub defaulted to. Stacked commits (ala Phabricator/Gerrit) always jived more with how my brain reasons about changes.

Glad to see this option. I guess I'll have to install their CLI thing now.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by throwaway9980 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

inetknght wrote: post #3

Cool. Now let me do it across multiple repos. I often end up with 10 or 20 PRs across a half dozen repos that need to be merged in specific order.

Who hurt you?

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by dpcx » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

throwaway9980 wrote: post #6

inetknght wrote: post #3

Cool. Now let me do it across multiple repos. I often end up with 10 or 20 PRs across a half dozen repos that need to be merged in specific order.

Who hurt you?

Their manager who suggested that everything be a microservice, but everything depends on each other.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by pbrowne011 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

Interesting to see how their CLI compares with GitLab's CLI interface for stacked diffs (the only support they offer at the moment): https://docs.gitlab.com/user/project/merge_requests/stacked_.... Most things are the same (up/down/top/bottom vs. next/prev/first/last, init vs. create), but both feel quite limiting. I've heard of other systems such as Gerrit that offer better native support, but have not tried out any for myself.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by ezekg » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

bsimpson wrote: post #5

Finally! I never understood the PR=branch model GitHub defaulted to. Stacked commits (ala Phabricator/Gerrit) always jived more with how my brain reasons about changes. Glad to see this option. I guess I'll have to install their CLI thing now.

My only complaint off the bat is the reliance on the GH CLI, which I don't use either. But maybe by the time it's GA they'll have added UI support.

Re: GitHub Stacked PRs

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Post by Hamuko » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

noident wrote: post #4

If only there were some way to logically break up large pull requests into smaller pieces... Some way of creating a checkpoint with a diff including your changes, and some kind of message explaining the context behind the change... some way to "commit" a change to the record of the repository...

Yeah, I feel like just being able to review a PR commit-by-commit with a nice interface would just suffice.