How to Raise a PR in Bitbucket

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to open and submit a pull request in Bitbucket.

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to raise a pull request in Bitbucket by selecting source and destination branches, adding a title and description, and submitting the PR for review.

Steps

Navigate to the left-side panel and click Pull Requests.
Tap Create Pull Request at the top-right corner of the screen.
Specify your preferred Source Branch and Destination Branch.
Add a title and a short description for your pull request.
Tap Create Pull Request again to proceed and submit.
The new PR is now successfully created and raised in your repository.

📌 Why this matters

Raising a pull request in Bitbucket is a core step in any team's code review and collaboration workflow. A properly configured PR — with clear source and destination branches, a descriptive title, and context — helps reviewers understand changes faster and merge code with confidence. Bitbucket's built-in pull request workflow reduces merge conflicts, enforces code quality gates, and keeps development teams aligned across repositories. Mastering this process is essential for any developer or team using Bitbucket for version control and continuous integration.

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