This is the poorman automerge. It automatically merges Pull Requests if all the previous steps complete successfully. Enforcing build+tests in addition to the usual code merge conflict integrity.
- It checkouts the
frombranch. - Rebases
fromon top ofintobranch. - Runs the usual build, and tests.
- Pushes
formandinto, if all the previous conditions succeded. Effectivily merging the Pull Request
This is useful if you are running a limited, old, or restricted git hosting provider. For example auto-merge is not available on private github.com free repositories.
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