Restore Tidied Pull Requests
We recently started letting you tidy up your Pull Requests. What happens when someone deletes a branch that is still needed? Starting today, you can restore any head branch of…
We recently started letting you tidy up your Pull Requests. What
happens when someone deletes a branch that is still needed? Starting today, you
can restore any head branch of a closed Pull Request.

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