GitHub clone from pull request?
git, github, pull-request
Solution
The easiest way to do that is like this:
git fetch origin pull/<pr_number>/head:<local_branch_name>
git switch <local_branch_name>
You will now be on a new branch that is on the state of the pull request.
You might want to set up an alias by running
git config --global alias.pr '!f() { git fetch -fu ${2:-origin} refs/pull/$1/head:pr/$1 && git checkout pr/$1; }; f'
Now you can checkout any PR by running `git pr <pr_number>`, or `git pr <pr_number> <remote>` if your github remote is not named `origin`.
Problem
I would like to clone a repository from GitHub. The problem is I don't want the main branch; I want the version in this unapproved pull request. Is it possible for me to clone the pull request version instead of the main repository?