What is github 'compare & pull request'

Question

I am working on a MeteorIntegration (feature) branch that is published. I did a git push assuming the push was going to the checked-out branch MeteorIntegration:

And now I see the following on both master and MeteorIntegration branches.

I read github documentation: Closing a pull request and Tidying up Pull Requests but that didn't help, possibly because I am not dealing with a pull request here?

How do I get rid of this compare & pull request?

Solution

You don't actually have a pull request; GitHub just sees that you've pushed a branch, and is offering to create a pull request for it if you want.

If you don't care about that, just ignore it. It's completely harmless and will go away as soon as GitHub doesn't think the branch is "recent".

Comments

[NYCeyes]

Thank you for this nice explanation. I was worried, too. (._.)

[Mr.Zeus]

I was worried too. I thought I might have mumbled a bit on a few of those runic git chants. I am glad my git wizardry worked out in the end, though! You have my upvote, Eevee! +1

[Ben Winding]

Would be nice to be able to have an "ignore" button though...