[4.0.x] Refs #31676 -- Used term "merger" instead of "committer" in docs.

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Co-authored-by: Carlton Gibson <carlton.gibson@noumenal.es>
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This section explains how the community can contribute code to Django via pull
requests. If you're interested in how committers handle them, see
:doc:`../committing-code`.
requests. If you're interested in how :ref:`mergers <mergers-team>` handle
them, see :doc:`../committing-code`.
Below, we are going to show how to create a GitHub pull request containing the
changes for Trac ticket #xxxxx. By creating a fully-ready pull request, you
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git commit
When writing the commit message, follow the :ref:`commit message
guidelines <committing-guidelines>` to ease the work of the committer. If
you're uncomfortable with English, try at least to describe precisely what the
commit does.
guidelines <committing-guidelines>` to ease the work of the merger. If you're
uncomfortable with English, try at least to describe precisely what the commit
does.
If you need to do additional work on your branch, commit as often as
necessary::
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the environment in which you ran the tests, for instance: "all tests pass
under SQLite and MySQL".
Pull requests at GitHub have only two states: open and closed. The committer
who will deal with your pull request has only two options: merge it or close
it. For this reason, it isn't useful to make a pull request until the code is
ready for merging -- or sufficiently close that a committer will finish it
themselves.
Pull requests at GitHub have only two states: open and closed. The merger who
will deal with your pull request has only two options: merge it or close it.
For this reason, it isn't useful to make a pull request until the code is ready
for merging -- or sufficiently close that a merger will finish it themselves.
Rebasing branches
-----------------
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Your pull request should now contain the new commit too.
Note that the committer is likely to squash the review commit into the previous
Note that the merger is likely to squash the review commit into the previous
commit when committing the code.
Working on a patch
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do to investigate the quality of the patch.
For more detail on working with pull requests see the
:ref:`guidelines for committers <handling-pull-requests>`.
:ref:`guidelines for mergers <handling-pull-requests>`.
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