Script to create pull requests right from the shell

git-req

#!/bin/sh
# git-req -- make a pull request
#
# Assumes branch is pushed to same repo as pull request is made to (origin)
#
# How to obtain GITREQ_TOKEN:
#
#   curl -u "$USER:$PASSWORD" -d '{"scopes": ["repo"], "note": "git-req"}' https://api.github.com/authorizations
#
# Usage:
#
#   git req # for defaults
#   git req 'Another title'
#   git req '' 'Another body'
#
# Defaults: pushes current branch to a repo and creates a pull request to same
# repo (intent: code review), with subject of latest commit as title and body as
# body.

[ -z "$GITREQ_TOKEN" ] && echo "set GITREQ_TOKEN in your environment" && exit 1

API=https://api.github.com
TITLE=${1:-$(git log --pretty=format:'%s' -1)}
BODY=${2:-$(git log --pretty=format:'%b' -1)}
BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
DEST=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | \
    awk -F : '{ gsub(/.git$/, "", $2); print $2 }')

request() {
    DATA="{'title': '$2', 'base': 'master', 'head': '$1', 'body': '$3'}"
    DATA=$(echo $DATA | sed s/\'/\"/g)
    AUTH="Authorization: bearer $GITREQ_TOKEN"
    curl -s -H "$AUTH" -d "$DATA" $API/repos/$DEST/pulls | \
        awk '/"html_url".*pull/ { gsub(/"/, "", $2); print $2 }'
}

git push origin $BRANCH && request "$BRANCH" "$TITLE" "$BODY"