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GitHub Stacked PRs

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-04-13 21:39:34 UTC to 2026-08-03 12:19:11 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 132026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 82026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 3

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Apr 132026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 202026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 272026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC000
May 42026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC000
May 112026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC000
May 182026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC000
May 252026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 12026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 82026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 152026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 222026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 292026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 62026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 132026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 202026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 272026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC202
Aug 32026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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> For example, merging an entire stack is completely broken in many cases: https://github.com/github/gh-stack/discussions/212 > You can merge one by one, but if you're using squash and merge, you need a re-approval for each PR in the stack if you require reviews. This makes you lose out on arguably the biggest gain of stacked PRs. I'm struggling to imagine what it offers at all if that doesn't work! Is it just a way of manually marking another MR as a dependency in the UI so that it shows up with a red X if the other one isn't merged yet?
In Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub
I've been using the preview for a bit, and I'm quite surprised to see them expanding the preview with so many unfixed issue. For example, merging an entire stack is completely broken in many cases: https://github.com/github/gh-stack/discussions/212 You can merge one by one, but if you're using squash and merge, you need a re-approval for each PR in the stack if you require reviews. This makes you lose out on arguably the biggest gain of stacked PRs. The command line tooling (gh stack) helps to make things slightly less manual, but you still need to be very aware of how git rebase works, the tooling just helps automate it across multiple branches. For example, just running the "gh stack rebase" commands that the UI suggests won't work if your local branches are not in sync with the remote ones, and the tooling won't point that out to you.
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I do find the stack UI quite nice. It's quite minimal compared to standalone PRs, but it's enough to show the relationship between them. (My comments all assume you already have a good reason to stack PRs. This tooling just help to make the workflow easier, it does not give any new capabilities)
In Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub

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