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pull request
A formal proposal to change someone's code, which a human normally has to approve.
A pull request is how changes get into shared software. Rather than editing the code directly, you propose an edit, others review it, and someone with permission accepts or rejects it. It is the checkpoint that keeps one person’s mistake from becoming everyone’s problem.
That checkpoint is why AI coding agents opening pull requests on their own is treated as significant. The proposal step is meant to guarantee a human looks before anything lands.
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