Open a Pull Request for current branch from OSX Terminal

open_pull_request.sh

# put this function in your .bash_profile or .zshrc to open the github compare screen
# for your current branch.  Of course, you must push your branch up remotely first for this to work.
# The function parses your current working branch from the output of git branch
# and opens github in Chrome, right to the compare page for your branch.
#
# Edit myaccountname and myreponame and enter the account and repo of your choice.
#
function openpr () {
  ACCOUNT=myaccountname # replace with your account name
  REPO=myreponame # replace with your repo name
  URL=`git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/github\.com\/GITHUB_ACCOUNT\/GITHUB_REPO\/compar    e\/\1/'`
  URL="${URL/GITHUB_ACCOUNT/$ACCOUNT}"
  URL="${URL/GITHUB_REPO/$REPO}"
  open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app https://$URL
}