From a process standpoint, merge-request is probably more accurate, but I&#x27;ve always thought pull-request captured the hearts and minds of developers because it better represents how the requester feels about the request.<p>&quot;Pull request&quot; communicates &quot;I just did a bunch of work, please recognize it and me.&quot; &quot;Merge request&quot; communicates &quot;I just did something that is going to make your life hard, please do a bunch of work on my behalf.&quot; The later may be more accurate but the former is more emotionally satisfying to the dev making the request.<p>Edit: reducing verbosity