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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion getting-started/git-boot-camp.rst
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Expand Up @@ -461,12 +461,19 @@ If you don't have GitHub CLI or hub installed, you can set up a git alias:

$ git config --global alias.pr '!sh -c "git fetch upstream pull/${1}/head:pr_${1} && git checkout pr_${1}" -'

.. tab:: Windows
.. tab:: Windows cmd

.. code-block:: dosbatch

git config --global alias.pr "!sh -c 'git fetch upstream pull/${1}/head:pr_${1} && git checkout pr_${1}' -"

.. tab:: Windows Powershell

.. code-block:: shell

git config --global alias.pr '!f() { git fetch upstream pull/$1/head:pr_$1 && git checkout pr_$1; }; f'


The alias only needs to be done once. After the alias is set up, you can get a
local copy of a pull request as follows::

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