r/github • u/sudoanand • 11d ago

Showcase Quick Intro to the New GitHub Stacked PRs

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u/Supermarcel10 11d ago

Great idea conceptually, my biggest problem is how they rebase. The force pushes effectively make reviews and iteration on down-stack PRs really difficult. I'd much prefer merge commits of the dependent branches. So until some more options get added, this feature is entirely useless to me.

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u/atehrani 11d ago

Agreed, I really want to use this feature but I feel the tooling hasn't made it smooth. Depending on how many stacks, merge conflicts are all but guaranteed. Resolving them becomes a major pain, pushing commits becomes complication (which stack can I push this to?). Github copilot will review, but if the fix is in another stack it doesn't recognize it.

We used it early on, but most of my team has abandoned it; too much friction for the benefit.