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Description: Introduction: CPython uses a workflow based on pull requests. What this means is that you create a branch in Git, make your changes, push those changes to your fork on GitHub ( origin), and then cr...

Open Graph Description: Introduction: CPython uses a workflow based on pull requests. What this means is that you create a branch in Git, make your changes, push those changes to your fork on GitHub ( origin), and then cr...

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Skip to content	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#furo-main-content
Python Developer's Guide	https://devguide.python.org/
Python Developer's Guide	https://devguide.python.org/
Getting started	https://devguide.python.org/
Quick reference	https://devguide.python.org/quick-reference/
Setup and building	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/
Fixing “easy” issues (and beyond)	https://devguide.python.org/fixing-issues/
Git bootcamp and cheat sheet	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/
Lifecycle of a pull request	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html
Where to get help	https://devguide.python.org/getting-help/
Guidelines for using AI tools	https://devguide.python.org/ai-tools/
Development workflow	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/
Following Python’s development	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/communication-channels/
Changing Python	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/lang-changes/
Development cycle	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/development-cycle/
Adding to the stdlib	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/stdlib/
Standard library extension modules	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/extension-modules/
Changing Python’s C API	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/c-api/
Changing CPython’s grammar	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/grammar/
Porting and platform support	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/porting/
Issues and triaging	https://devguide.python.org/triage/
Issue tracker	https://devguide.python.org/triage/issue-tracker/
Triaging an issue	https://devguide.python.org/triage/triaging/
GitHub labels	https://devguide.python.org/triage/labels/
Triage Team	https://devguide.python.org/triage/triage-team/
Documentation	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/
Getting started	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/start-documenting/
Helping with documentation	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/help-documenting/
Style guide	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/style-guide/
reStructuredText markup	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/markup/
Translations	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/
Translating	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/translating/
Coordinating	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/coordinating/
Helping with the Developer’s Guide	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/devguide/
Testing and buildbots	https://devguide.python.org/testing/
Running and writing tests	https://devguide.python.org/testing/run-write-tests/
Silence warnings from the test suite	https://devguide.python.org/testing/silence-warnings/
Increase test coverage	https://devguide.python.org/testing/coverage/
OSS-Fuzz for CPython	https://devguide.python.org/testing/oss-fuzz/
Working with buildbots	https://devguide.python.org/testing/buildbots/
New buildbot workers	https://devguide.python.org/testing/new-buildbot-worker/
Development tools	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/
Argument Clinic	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/clinic/
Tutorial	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/clinic/tutorial/
How-to guides	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/clinic/howto/
GDB support	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/gdb/
Dynamic analysis with Clang	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/clang/
Tools for tracking compiler warnings	https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/warnings/
Core team	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/
Responsibilities	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/responsibilities/
Accepting pull requests	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/committing/
Experts index	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/experts/
Team log	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/team-log/
Motivations and affiliations	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/motivations/
How to join the core team	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/join-team/
Memorialization	https://devguide.python.org/core-team/memorialization/
Security	https://devguide.python.org/security/
Security policy	https://devguide.python.org/security/policy/
Python Security Response Team (PSRT)	https://devguide.python.org/security/psrt/
Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM)	https://devguide.python.org/security/sbom/
CPython’s internals	https://devguide.python.org/internals/
Status of Python versions	https://devguide.python.org/versions/
Back to top	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html
View this page	https://github.com/python/devguide/blob/main/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst?plain=true
Edit this page	https://github.com/python/devguide/edit/main/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#lifecycle-of-a-pull-request
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#introduction
quick reference on creating pull requests	https://devguide.python.org/quick-reference/#pullrequest-quickguide
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#step-by-step-guide
set up your system	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/#setup
got the source code	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/#checkout
built Python	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/#compiling
here	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#good-prs
Making good PRs	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#good-prs
patchcheck	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#patchcheck
Running and writing tests	https://devguide.python.org/testing/run-write-tests/#runtests
Making good commits	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#good-commits
pre-commit	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/#install-pre-commit
Resolving merge conflicts	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#resolving-merge-conflicts
delete the branch	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/#deleting-branches
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#resolving-merge-conflicts
the merge command’s documentation	https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#don-t-force-push
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#making-good-prs
ported back	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/#branch-merge
maintenance releases	https://devguide.python.org/versions/#branchstatus
PEP 8	https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
PEP 7	https://peps.python.org/pep-0007/
PEP 387	https://peps.python.org/pep-0387/
discuss	https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/communication-channels/#communication
run	https://devguide.python.org/testing/run-write-tests/#runtests
documentation	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/start-documenting/#documenting
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#updating-news-and-what-s-new-in-python
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#changes-that-require-news-entries
Misc/NEWS.d	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Misc/NEWS.d
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#changes-that-require-what-s-new-in-python-entries
Doc/whatsnew/	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Doc/whatsnew/
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-add-a-news-entry
blurb-it	https://blurb-it.herokuapp.com/
blurb	https://pypi.org/project/blurb/
repository	https://github.com/python/blurb
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-write-a-news-entry
inline markups	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/markup/#rest-inline-markup
make html	https://devguide.python.org/documentation/start-documenting/#building-using-make
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#copyrights
python/cpython#126133	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/126133#issuecomment-2460824052
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#typo-fixes
Doc/	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Doc/
InternalDocs/	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/InternalDocs/
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#patchcheck
blurb-it	https://blurb-it.herokuapp.com/
blurb	https://pypi.org/project/blurb/
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#making-good-commits
the Git bootcamp	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/#accepting-and-merging-a-pr
How to Write a Git Commit Message	https://cbea.ms/git-commit/
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#licensing
PSF license	https://docs.python.org/dev/license.html#terms-and-conditions-for-accessing-or-otherwise-using-python
contributor agreement	https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/
Python Software Foundation	https://www.python.org/psf-landing/
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#why-do-i-need-to-sign-the-cla-again
configured your Git client	https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/how-tos/email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address
configured your GitHub account	https://github.com/settings/emails
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/1	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/1
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/1.patch	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/1.patch
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#submitting
create a pull request from your fork	https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork
issue tracker	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#converting-an-existing-patch-from-b-p-o-to-github
issue tracker	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
CLA	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#cla
the GitHub article	https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/creating-a-commit-with-multiple-authors
Applying a Patch to Git	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/#git-from-patch
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#reviewing
issue tracker	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
Core Development Discourse category	https://discuss.python.org/c/core-dev/23
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-review-a-pull-request
setup guide	https://devguide.python.org/setup-building/#setup
Checking out others’ pull requests	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/#git-pr
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#leaving-a-pull-request-review-on-github
“Keeping CI green”	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#keeping-ci-green
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#dismissing-review-from-another-core-team-member
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#keeping-continuous-integration-green
Release Status	https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/release_status
issue tracker	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#update-branch-button
keep the CI green	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#keeping-ci-green
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#committing-rejecting
¶	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#crediting
Next Where to get help	https://devguide.python.org/getting-help/
Previous Git bootcamp and cheat sheet	https://devguide.python.org/git-boot-camp/
Sphinx	https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
@pradyunsg	https://pradyunsg.me
Furo	https://github.com/pradyunsg/furo
Lifecycle of a pull request	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html
Introduction	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#introduction
Step-by-step guide	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#step-by-step-guide
Resolving merge conflicts	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#resolving-merge-conflicts
Don’t force-push	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#don-t-force-push
Making good PRs	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#making-good-prs
Updating NEWS and What’s New in Python	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#updating-news-and-what-s-new-in-python
Changes that require NEWS entries	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#changes-that-require-news-entries
Changes that require “What’s New in Python” entries	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#changes-that-require-what-s-new-in-python-entries
How to add a NEWS entry	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-add-a-news-entry
How to write a NEWS entry	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-write-a-news-entry
Copyrights	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#copyrights
Typo fixes	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#typo-fixes
patchcheck	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#patchcheck
Making good commits	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#making-good-commits
Licensing	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#licensing
Why do I need to sign the CLA again?	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#why-do-i-need-to-sign-the-cla-again
Submitting	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#submitting
Converting an existing patch from b.p.o to GitHub	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#converting-an-existing-patch-from-b-p-o-to-github
Reviewing	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#reviewing
How to review a pull request	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#how-to-review-a-pull-request
Leaving a pull request review on GitHub	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#leaving-a-pull-request-review-on-github
Dismissing review from another core team member	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#dismissing-review-from-another-core-team-member
Keeping continuous integration green	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#keeping-continuous-integration-green
Update branch button	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#update-branch-button
Committing/rejecting	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#committing-rejecting
Crediting	https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.html#crediting

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