Github pull request from the command-line

.bash_profile

function pull-request {
  hub pull-request -h $(__github_remote_origin):$(__github_current_branch)
}

function __github_remote_origin {
  # Finds the origin on github if it is https or git
  echo "$1`git remote -v | grep -e "^origin.* (push)" | sed "s#origin[[:blank:]]https://github.com/\([^/]*\)\/.*#\1#" | sed "s#origin.*:\([^/]*\).*push.*#\1#"`"
}

function __github_current_branch {
  echo "$1`git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\1/'`"
}

By default hub's pull requests will set up a pull-request from a repo you own burtlo:xcoder to the one you are working in rayh:xcoder.

This default behavior is problematic when you are working in a shared repo that is not your own or an organization repo. This little script let me send a pull request from say rayh:my-branch to rayh:branch when you have the rights to do it.