Pull Request Command

Creates a new feature branch, commits changes, pushes to GitHub, and opens a pull request - all in one command. Perfect for contributing features or fixes.

Task

Automate the entire pull request workflow: create branch, stage changes, commit with descriptive message, push to GitHub, and open PR with proper description.

Process

1. Check Prerequisites

• Ensure git repository exists
• Check for uncommitted changes to include
• Verify GitHub CLI (gh) is available
• Get current branch as base branch
• If already on feature branch, ask: "Create PR from current branch?"

2. Create Feature Branch

# Generate branch name from PR title or use provided name
# Sanitize branch name: lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens, remove special chars
branch_name=$(echo "$branch_name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9-]/-/g' | sed 's/--*/-/g')

# Check if branch already exists
if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/$branch_name; then
  echo "Branch $branch_name already exists, using alternative name"
  branch_name="${branch_name}-$(date +%s)"
fi

# Format: feature/short-description or fix/issue-name
git checkout -b $branch_name

3. Stage and Review Changes

• Show git status to user
• Show git diff --staged for review
• If no staged changes, stage all changes: git add -A
• Confirm changes with user before proceeding

4. Commit Changes

• Analyze changes to create meaningful commit message
• Use conventional commits format (feat:, fix:, docs:, etc.)
• Include detailed commit body if changes are complex

git commit -m "feat: add new feature

- Detail 1
- Detail 2

🤖 Generated with Claude Code"

5. Push to GitHub

# Push with upstream tracking
git push -u origin feature/[branch-name]

6. Create Pull Request

Use gh pr create with:

• Descriptive title
• Detailed body with:
  • Summary of changes
  • Testing checklist
  • Related issues (if any)
• Set base branch (usually main/master)

gh pr create \
  --title "Feature: Add awesome new capability" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
Brief description of what this PR does

## Changes
- Added feature X
- Fixed bug Y
- Improved performance of Z

## Testing
- [ ] Tested locally
- [ ] All tests pass
- [ ] Documentation updated

## Screenshots
(if applicable)

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)
EOF
)" \
  --base main

7. Provide Next Steps

• Show PR URL
• Remind about review process
• Suggest next actions (request review, add labels, etc.)

Arguments

• Optional: Branch name (auto-generated from changes if not provided)
• Optional: PR title (analyzed from changes if not provided)
• Optional: Target branch (defaults to main/master)

Example Usage

# Auto-generate branch and PR from changes
/pull-request

# Specify branch name
/pull-request feature/add-auth

# Full specification
/pull-request fix/bug-123 "Fix: Resolve authentication timeout issue" develop

Output Example

📝 Analyzing changes...
🌿 Creating branch: feature/add-download-command
✅ Committed: feat: add download-attachment command
📤 Pushed to origin
🔗 Pull Request created: https://github.com/user/repo/pull/42

Next steps:
- Request review from team members
- Add relevant labels
- Link related issues

Branch Naming Conventions

• Features: feature/description
• Fixes: fix/issue-or-description
• Documentation: docs/what-updated
• Refactoring: refactor/what-changed
• Performance: perf/optimization
• Tests: test/what-tested

Commit Message Format

Follow conventional commits:

• feat: New feature
• fix: Bug fix
• docs: Documentation only
• style: Formatting, missing semicolons, etc.
• refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
• perf: Performance improvement
• test: Adding missing tests
• chore: Changes to build process or auxiliary tools

Safety Features

• Confirm before pushing if changes are large
• Show diff before committing
• Verify PR description before creating
• Check if PR already exists for branch
• Handle merge conflicts gracefully

Error Handling

• If no changes: "No changes to create PR"
• If already on feature branch: Ask if should create PR from current branch
• If PR exists: Show existing PR URL
• If push fails: Check permissions and remote settings