@@ -526,6 +526,22 @@ another so they can easily verify whether their comments have been addressed.
526526The commits will be squashed when the pull request is merged.
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529+ :guilabel: `Update branch ` button
530+ ================================
531+
532+ You can click on the :guilabel: `Update branch ` button to merge the latest
533+ changes from the base branch (usually ``main ``) into the PR.
534+ This is useful to :ref: `keep the CI green <keeping-ci-green >` for old PRs,
535+ or to check if a CI failure has been fixed in the base branch.
536+
537+ If the PR is very old, it may be useful to update the branch before merging to
538+ ensure that the PR does not fail any CI checks that were added or changed since
539+ CI last ran.
540+
541+ Do not click :guilabel: `Update branch ` without a good reason because it notifies
542+ everyone watching the PR that there are new changes, when there are not,
543+ and it uses up limited CI resources.
544+
529545Converting an existing patch from b.p.o to GitHub
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@@ -685,22 +701,6 @@ If you identify such flaky behavior, look for an issue in the `issue tracker`_
685701that describes this particular flakiness. Create a new issue if you can't
686702find one.
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688- :guilabel: `Update branch ` button
689- ================================
690-
691- You can click on the :guilabel: `Update branch ` button to merge the latest
692- changes from the base branch (usually ``main ``) into the PR.
693- This is useful to :ref: `keep the CI green <keeping-ci-green >` for old PRs,
694- or to check if a CI failure has been fixed in the base branch.
695-
696- If the PR is very old, it may be useful to update the branch before merging to
697- ensure that the PR does not fail any CI checks that were added or changed since
698- CI last ran.
699-
700- Do not click :guilabel: `Update branch ` without a good reason because it notifies
701- everyone watching the PR that there are new changes, when there are not,
702- and it uses up limited CI resources.
703-
704704Committing/rejecting
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