Pull request in GitHub does not show merge conflict was fixed and doesn't show my commits

Question

I'm fixing merge conflicts for other contributors at the command line. Still learning how Git works here, so bear with me...

Like so...

git checkout -b otherusersbranch master
git pull https://github.com/otheruser/myrepo.git otherusersbranch

....find and fix conflicts

git add .
git commit -m "fixing merge conflicts"
git push origin otherusersbranch
git checkout master
git merge --no-ff otherusersbranch
git push origin master

When the merge conflict appears corrected from the command line, I'm pushing the change to the contributor's branch like normal. However, the merge conflict indicator in the pull request has remained unchanged and I can't see my commits in the pull request. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I don't think you are successfully pushing the changes to the user's branch. Try submitting a pull request to that branch. Otherwise, you need to give yourself permission to push directly.

From what you've described, you're only pushing changes to your own branch, which is why it's not showing up in the commit history.