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  1. Bitbucket Data Center
  2. BSERV-11746

Merge check for duplicate open pull requests

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      When creating a new pull request there are some checks in the application to minimise the possibility of creating a duplicate of an existing Open pull request.

      However, under certain circumstances (for example as mentioned in BSERV-11527) it is still possible to end up with more than one duplicate Open pull request (ie from the same repository and branch, to the same repository and branch).

      In such a scenario if a user tries to merge one of the pull requests, the application will in fact:

      • merge them all (with the one where "Merge" was clicked showing the commit and the other(s) showing "remotely merged") - assuming they're not using a squash or rebase strategy
      • (if they are using a squash or rebase strategy) the resulting behavior could be potentially more undesirable

       

      The suggestion here is to implement a new Merge Check, which would block a pull request from being merged if it has duplicate open pull requests. This would:

      • draw the user's attention to the duplicate pull requests (as they might not already be aware of them)
      • give the user the opportunity to deal with the duplicates (decline/delete the ones which are duplicates, and then merge the one which is intended)

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            fdoherty@atlassian.com Frank Doherty
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