Bash function for checking out a github pull request branch #git #github #pull-request #bash

ghpr.md

Are you having trouble checking out someone's pullrequest from a terminal?

Example usage

git clone git@github.com:example/example.git
ghpr someuser:somebranch # Copy this from the PR

It does these things

• Adds someuser as a git remote
• Fetches from someuser remote
• Checks out the branch somebranch

ghpr() {
  local user=$(echo ${1:?} | cut -d \: -f1)
  local branch=$(echo ${1:?} | cut -d \: -f2)
  local repo=$(basename "$PWD")
  git remote add "$user" "git@github.com:$user/$repo.git"
  git fetch "$user"
  git checkout "$branch"
}

Alternatives

• Hub https://github.com/github/hub