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push-pr

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Push commits and create or update pull requests with smart branch management. Use when user says "push this", "push my changes", "create a PR", "open a pull request", "make a PR", "submit for review", or mentions pushing code or creating PRs. Also triggers on "send this up", "open PR", "pr please".

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Push & PR

Push commits and create/update pull requests with automatic branch management.

Arguments

Parse flexibly:

  • status: 1=opened, 2=draft, 3=ready (default: new=opened, update=draft)
  • base-branch: Target branch (default: main)

Workflow

1. Pre-Flight

git status --porcelain
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u} 2>/dev/null
git fetch origin

If uncommitted changes detected, use Skill: commit to commit first.

2. Branch Management (Critical)

Detect situation:

CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
UNPUSHED=$(git rev-list origin/$CURRENT_BRANCH..HEAD --count 2>/dev/null || echo "0")

If on main/master with unpushed commits → CUT FEATURE BRANCH:

  1. Analyze commits to generate descriptive branch name (e.g., feat/add-user-auth)
  2. Create feature branch from HEAD
  3. Reset main to origin
  4. Switch to feature branch
git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline
git checkout -b feat/descriptive-name
git checkout main && git reset --hard origin/main
git checkout feat/descriptive-name

If already on feature branch: Skip, proceed to PR.

3. PR Status

BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --json number,state

Use provided status argument, or default: new PR=opened, update=draft.

4. Context Gathering

BASE=${BASE_BRANCH:-main}
git log $BASE..HEAD --oneline
git diff $BASE...HEAD --stat
git diff $BASE...HEAD

5. Push

BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
if git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u} 2>/dev/null; then
    git push
else
    git push -u origin "$BRANCH"
fi

6. PR Creation/Update

New PR: Generate concise title and description from commits and diff.

gh pr create --title "title" --body "description" --base main
# If status=ready: gh pr ready

Existing PR: Add comment with new commits, update status if needed.

PR_NUM=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --json number -q '.[0].number')
gh pr comment $PR_NUM --body "New commits..."

Constraints

  • NO Co-authored-by or AI signatures
  • NO "Generated with Claude Code"
  • NO emojis in title/description
  • Use existing git user config only

PR Format

## Summary
[2-3 bullets: what and why]

## Changes
- Key change 1
- Key change 2

## Commits
- `abc1234` - message 1

## Files Changed
[Significant files with notes]

Edge Cases

  • No remote → suggest git remote add origin <url>
  • No gh CLI → report requirement
  • Branch behind → pull/rebase first
  • No commits → report nothing to push

Output

Report: branch pushed, PR URL, status (opened/draft/ready).