Change the target branch of a pull request

[tjfontaine]

It can be necessary to pick a different target branch for a pull request if you accidentally select the wrong one, or perhaps you're asked to rebase the branch against a development branch vs a stable branch.

[jzaefferer]

What's wrong with closing and opening a new pull request? You can still reference the previous one if the discussion is of any value.

[tjfontaine]

It's also very tedious, and having to open a second because the goal post has changed for a milestone seems inconvenient, especially since I can rebase the target multiple times but in the end all utility of the comparison is lost because it's not pointing to anything sane

[piedar]

I too would appreciate this feature.

It would also be handy if you could set the pull request target to a new branch. github could create a "pending branch" on upstream's repo. When the pull is merged, it creates - and immediately pushes to - the upstream branch.

[prust]

👍

[amirnissim]

+1

[bc-ben-buchanan]

+1

[delliott90]

+1

[anton-rudeshko]

+1

[kuanxu]

+1

[reinert]

+1

[odedniv]

+1

[sjaeckel]

👍

[jaen]

Also in favour.
Just did a pull request to wrong branch and ended up with the longest diff.

[kspangsege]

👍