Fetch the Bitbucket Pull Request to local repository

[Jaroslav Libal]

Hello,

I would like to fetch the pull request from my Bitbucket project (private repository) to my local git repository to be able to do some tests before merge etc.

So I have tried (according to docs and this QA forum) this request:

$ git fetch origin pull/3/head

However - what can I do when I get those messages:

fatal: Couldn't find remote ref pull/3/head
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

[John Garcia · Accepted solution]

This feature is not supported at this time. It would be reasonable to compare the branches using this suggestion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/822811/showing-which-files-have-changed-between-git-branches

[Jaroslav Libal]

Hello, thanks a lot for your answer. Yes, I am able to diff the branches; however it is quite strange for more complicated pull requests and bigger projects from my point of view.

[John Garcia]

Hey there, I've made a feature request: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issue/10263/as-a-user-i-would-like-to-be-able-to-fetch

[John DiBaggio]

The following worked for me, for checking out a pull request locally:

git fetch origin refs/pull-requests/<pull request number>/from:<new local branch name>

From there, you can do tests, merge this branch into another branch, etc.

[Daniel Shifflett]

Exactly what I needed. Just checkout the new local branch and voila

Thanks

[Chi Fung Wong]

Not working for me,  I see this error:

$ git fetch origin refs/pull-requests/1/from:test 

fatal: Couldn't find remote ref refs/pull-requests/1/from

[vadivelpm]

For me also not working

[Joy Wang]

git config remote.origin.url https://xxx.com/repo.git
git branch repo_pr
git fetch origin refs/pull-requests/1/from:repo_pr
git checkout repo_pr

[Deepak Govindram Kumbhar]

Guys, any update on this? None of the answers worked for me :(

Getting same error as @Chi Fung Wong

[cristianghita24]

Still not working

[cristianghita24]

wrong comment, cant delete

[stephan_pampel]

I made this workaround in our build pipeline, it queries the api which triggers the ref creation (same happens if you go to the diff page of the PR).

1. curl --request GET --url $PATH_TO_PR_DIFF > /dev/null

• where PATH_TO_PR_DIFF = https://bitbucket.example.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/PROJECTNAME/repos/REPONAME/pull-requests/PR_NUMBER/diff
• authentication can be passed via curl or a .netrc file

2. git fetch origin refs/pull-requests/PR_NUMBER/from

This works for me on bitbucket datacenter server 7.1.3., api documentation: https://docs.atlassian.com/bitbucket-server/rest/7.1.3/bitbucket-rest.html

[Chad Fox]

Thanks for this!

I still need to figure out how to get it into our pipeline, but it at least helps explain why our pull requests fail their builds.

[Andrew_Garner]

This is working for me with BitBucket Server v6.4.1

git fetch origin +refs/pull-requests/*/from:refs/remotes/origin/pull-requests/*

Then `git branch -a` shows the branch available to checkout. 

Credit to Örjan Sjöholm

[cristianghita24]

$ git fetch origin +refs/pull-requests/4/from:refs/remotes/origin/pull-requests/4
fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull-requests/4/from
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

[Andrew_Garner]

With Bitbucket Cloud this cannot (currently) be done.

Are you using Bitbucket Cloud (ie bitbucket.org) or Bitbucket Server?

To confirm this for yourself, run `git ls-remote` against a repo with open pull requests. If you have open pull requests and do not see entries for refs/pull-requests or similar in the output from git ls-remote then there are no pull request refs exposed for you to clone.

[André Caldas]

What a bummer!!! Why would I use a web interface when I can do it locally??? :-(

Does GitHub support it?