Whether you’re contributing to an open source project or running a project with a team - no matter the size - pull requests are a fantastic method of collaborating on a feature. Having worked inside development teams, lead development teams, contributed to open source and been a maintainer of a large open source repository, I’ve been on all sides of the humble PR. Taking lessons from all of these, we’ll look at the soft skills required when submitting and reviewing a pull request as well as the technical configuration of branch rules and automations and how these might apply to your projects.