--- title: GitHub Stacked PRs: a practical guide to gh stack description: GitHub Stacked PRs allow splitting large features into a chain of dependent pull requests, each focused on one layer (e.g., data model → API → UI). The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-stacked-prs-a-practical-guide-to-gh-stack-1omernx9k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Stacked PRs: a practical guide to gh stack | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Stacked PRs allow splitting large features into a chain of dependent pull requests, each focused on one layer (e.g., data model → API → UI). The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-stacked-prs-a-practical-guide-to-gh-stack-1omernx9k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1oMerNx9k.png og:image:alt: GitHub Stacked PRs: a practical guide to gh stack og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Stacked PRs: a practical guide to gh stack **[Flavio Copes](https://daily.dev/sources/flaviocopes)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Stacked PRs allow splitting large features into a chain of dependent pull requests, each focused on one layer (e.g., data model → API → UI). The official `gh stack` CLI extension manages the full lifecycle: initializing a stack, adding layers, submitting PRs, navigating branches, rebasing the entire chain after mid-stack changes, and merging partially or fully. Key topics covered include how GitHub's Stack object differs from plain stacked branches, handling cascading rebase conflicts with `rerere`, squash merge behavior and fake-conflict avoidance via `git rebase --onto`, optimizing GitHub Actions CI runs using stack metadata, restructuring a stack with `gh stack modify`, and design principles for choosing good layer boundaries. The feature is currently in private preview. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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