# Close a pull request in an AWS CodeCommit repository
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If you want to close a pull request without merging the code, you can do so in one of several ways:
+ In the console, you can close a pull request without merging the code. You might want to do this if you want to use the **git merge** command to merge the branches manually, or if the code in the pull request source branch isn't code you want merged into the destination branch. 
+ You can delete the source branch specified in the pull request. CodeCommit closes a pull request automatically if either the source or destination branch of the pull request is deleted.
+ In the AWS CLI, you can update the status of a pull request from `OPEN` to `CLOSED`. This closes the pull request without merging the code. 

**Topics**
+ [Close a pull request (console)](#how-to-close-pull-request-console)
+ [Close a pull request (AWS CLI)](#how-to-close-pull-request-cli)

## Close a pull request (console)
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You can use the CodeCommit console to close a pull request in a CodeCommit repository. After the status of a pull request is changed to **Closed**, it cannot be changed back to **Open**, but users can still comment on the changes and reply to comments.

1. Open the CodeCommit console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codecommit/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codecommit/home).

1. In **Repositories**, choose the name of the repository. 

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Pull requests**.

1. By default, a list of all open pull requests is displayed. Choose the open pull request you want to close.  
![\[Pull requests displayed in the CodeCommit console.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/images/codecommit-pull-request-view.png)

1. In the pull request, choose **Close pull request**. This option closes the pull request without attempting to merge the source branch into the destination branch. This option does not provide a way to delete the source branch as part of closing the pull request, but you can do it yourself after the request is closed.

## Close a pull request (AWS CLI)
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To use AWS CLI commands with CodeCommit, install the AWS CLI. For more information, see [Command line reference](cmd-ref.md). 

**To use the AWS CLI to close pull requests in a CodeCommit repository**
+ To update the status of a pull request in a repository from `OPEN` to `CLOSED`, run the **update-pull-request-status** command, specifying:
  + The ID of the pull request (with the **--pull-request-id** option).
  + The status of the pull request (with the **--pull-request-status** option).

  For example, to update the status of a pull request with the ID of *42* to a status of *CLOSED* in a CodeCommit repository named `MyDemoRepo`:

  ```
  aws codecommit update-pull-request-status --pull-request-id 42 --pull-request-status CLOSED  
  ```

  If successful, this command produces output similar to the following:

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  ```
  {
      "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
      "Statement": [
          {
              "Effect": "Allow",
              "Action": "codecommit:GetRepository",
              "Resource": [
                  "arn:aws:codecommit:us-east-2:111122223333:MySharedDemoRepo"
              ]
          }
      ]
  }
  ```

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