Smart GitHub PR creation

README.md

Smart GitHub PR

Store the script somewhere, where it could be accessible as a binary.

Create an alias like below to use is easily.

alias pr="gh-smart-pr.sh"

Dependencies

• jq for parsing JSON response
• gh for creating/opening PRs

gh-smart-pr.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
#
# Smart GitHub PR resolution
#
# If there is a PR for the current branch, opens it immediately in the browser,
# or creates one otherwise.
#
# For a fresh PR it parses the branch name to retrieve labels.
#
# If you are not in a git repository, it suggest to review all your PRs
# on GitHub website.

branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null)

if [ $? != 0 ]; then
  printf 'Not a git repository. Do you want to check all your PRs? (y|N): '
  read -rn 1 answer

  case $answer in
    y | Y)
      open 'https://github.com/pulls';;
  esac

  exit 0
fi

if gh pr status --json=number | jq '.currentBranch.number' | grep -qE '\d+'; then
  gh pr view -w
else
  assinee='@me'

  label=''
  case "${branch%%/*}" in
    feature | enhancement) label=enhancement;;
    fixup | bug) label=bug
  esac

  gh pr create -w -a "$assinee" -l "$label"
fi