Question

A developer is working on a fix for issue #128 in a repository. They open a pull request for the change and want GitHub to visually associate the pull request with issue #128 so reviewers can navigate between them, without necessarily closing the issue automatically. What is the recommended way to establish this link from the pull request?

Accepted Answer

Use the "Development" section in the pull request sidebar to link the pull request to issue #128, or reference #128 in the PR description

Answer

Add a comment on the issue that says "see PR" and hope maintainers connect them manually

Answer

Rename the pull request branch to match the exact title of issue #128

Answer

Add issue #128 as an assignee of the pull request