Open a GitHub pull request from a fork via REST API

domain: github-api · 4 steps · trust: 86% verified (6✓ / 1✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks (returns 202 — fork creation is async, poll until repo exists)
Create branch from default branch SHA: POST /repos/{you}/{repo}/git/refs
Commit changes via contents API or git data API
POST /repos/{upstream}/{repo}/pulls with head '{you}:{branch}'

Known gotchas

Fork 202 race: PR creation fails for ~10-60s after forking
head must be 'username:branch' for cross-fork PRs, not just branch name

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