# pull-requests-focal fails at irrelevant files

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/pull-requests-focal-fails-at-irrelevant-files/41889>\
**Category:** Mentorship\
**Created:** [July 17, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/pull-requests-focal-fails-at-irrelevant-files/41889 "2025-07-17T22:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![KentaroJay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kentarojay/32/29052_2.png) [@KentaroJay](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KentaroJay)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/pull-requests-focal-fails-at-irrelevant-files/41889/1 "2025-07-17T22:37:03Z")

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Hello! I have created a [PR](https://github.com/django/django/pull/19603) few weeks ago.  
It started to fail in some pull-requests-focal tasks. However, the files emitting errors are not relevant to my changes. Could you tell me how to fix it?

I tried hitting update branch but seems not working due to permissions. I can alternatively merge the latest main changes on my local machine and then push it to my PR, would that be okay?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![adamchainz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/adamchainz/32/26_2.png) [@adamchainz](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/adamchainz)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/pull-requests-focal-fails-at-irrelevant-files/41889/2 "2025-07-21T12:40:34Z")

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Rebase your branch noto `main`, rather than merging:

```auto
git switch main
git pull
git switch ticket_34613
git rebase main
git push

```

Rebasing replays the commits from your branch onto a new base.

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**Author:** ![KentaroJay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kentarojay/32/29052_2.png) [@KentaroJay](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KentaroJay)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/pull-requests-focal-fails-at-irrelevant-files/41889/3 "2025-07-23T14:35:11Z")

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Thanks! I’ll try that