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This worked great one time. The second time this process did not work the same way: the "Switching the base" link did not show up. And when I hit "Click to create a pull request" it created a PR on the SOURCE repo. NOT what I wanted..
– WestCoastProjects
Commented Aug 21, 2014 at 18:14
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Still works (Marchi 2015), all though the "Switching the base" link is no longer there. You have to change the "Base" drop down's so both point to your fork and then you'll get a prompt to "Compare across repos", which will take you to where you want.
– mluisbrown
Commented Mar 4, 2015 at 14:05
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April 2015. Works. Thanks. I did get "Switching to base". However, step 6 was "Create pull request" -> enter comment -> "Create pull request". End up with 1 commit ahead of original.
– cartland
Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 0:08
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@cartland (or others) - yes, it says "This branch is 1 commit ahead of ..." Is this something to worry about? Is it possible to get rid of that message?
– RenniePet
Commented May 15, 2015 at 22:59
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wouldnt it be better, with a simply update or sync button!
– Transformer
Commented Jan 24, 2017 at 3:32

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