To manage GitHub pull requests, the VS Code GitHub Pull Request plug-in is available in the list of plug-ins of the workspace.

Using the GitHub Pull Requests plug-in

  1. Authenticate by running the GitHub Pull Requests: Manually Provide Authentication Response command and paste the GitHub token.

  2. Select the repository permissions when generating the token.

Creating a new pull request

  1. Open the GitHub repository. To be able to execute remote operations, the repository must have a remote with an SSH URL.

  2. Checkout a new branch and make changes that you want to publish.

  3. Run the GitHub Pull Requests: Create Pull Request command.