Creating a pull request does not track selected branch

Summary

This article explains why initiating a pull request through the "Create" drop-down button does not automatically track the current branch on the page.

Environment

Bitbucket Cloud

Diagnosis

When you want to try to create a new pull request following the steps below:

1. In your existing repository, go to your Branches tab

2. Click a random branch

3. Click the "Create" drop-down button and select "Pull request"

Unfortunately, after redirecting you to the pull request creation page, the source branch does not automatically track the current branch from the previous page.

Cause

This is currently the expected behaviour because the "Create" > "Pull request" button dropdown in the top navigation is not aware of the branch context and links to the page to create a pull request without any parameters.

Solution

From the specific branch view page, you can click the "Create pull request" button instead. This should track the currently selected branch as the source branch on the pull request creation page.