pr

name	pr
description	Push committed changes and create a draft PR on GitHub. Use when you have staged changes ready to push and want to open a draft PR for early feedback or documentation.

PR

Quickly push changes and open a draft pull request on GitHub.

When to Use

• You have staged changes ready to push and want to create a draft PR
• Early feedback needed on work-in-progress
• Want to document and track changes before final review
• Need to open a PR for discussion or CI validation

Instructions

Step 1: Verify Staged Changes

Check what will be committed:

git status

Ensure all changes you want are staged with:

git add <files>

Or add everything:

git add .

Step 2: Create Commit Message

Write a clear, conventional commit message. Use the format:

<type>(<scope>): <description>

<optional body with details>

Types: feat, fix, chore, refactor, docs, test, etc.

Examples:

• feat(registry): add new skill category
• fix(cli): resolve version mismatch
• chore: regenerate artifacts

Step 3: Commit Changes

git commit -m "your commit message here"

Step 4: Push to Remote

git push -u origin <branch-name>

If you're on main or pushing to an existing branch:

git push

Step 4: Create Draft PR

gh pr create --draft

This will prompt you for:

• Title — auto-filled from commit, edit as needed
• Body — add context, description, or leave blank
• Assignees — optional
• Labels — optional

For multiline descriptions, use a body file with real newlines. Do not pass literal \\n sequences or rely on shell $'...' quoting; malformed quoting can make GitHub display \\n (and sometimes a stray $).

cat > /tmp/pr-body.md <<'EOF'
## Summary

Describe the change here.
EOF
gh pr create --draft --title "Your PR Title" --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md

After creating or editing the PR, verify the stored body:

gh pr view <number> --json body --jq .body

Or specify details inline for a one-line body:

gh pr create --draft --title "Your PR Title" --body "Description here"

Tips

• Accidental staging leakage: if a PR contains unrelated staging changes, do not force-push blindly. Start a clean branch from current origin/main, apply only the intended files, verify git diff --stat origin/main...HEAD, then push and create a replacement draft PR. Close the contaminated PR and cross-reference the replacement in a comment.
• Draft PRs show as "Draft" and won't trigger auto-merge workflows
• Rebase before final PR — git rebase -i origin/main to clean up commits
• Ready to review? — Use gh pr ready to convert from draft to ready-for-review
• Add more commits — Just push again with git push, the PR updates automatically

Troubleshooting

"fatal: The current branch has no upstream branch"

• Use git push -u origin <branch-name> on first push

"Permission denied" when pushing

• Check your git credentials: gh auth status
• Re-authenticate if needed: gh auth login

PR creation fails

• Ensure you're in a git repository: git rev-parse --show-toplevel
• Check GitHub CLI is installed: gh version