simple-pr

Development

Create a simple PR from staged changes with an auto-generated commit message

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/simple-pr/SKILL.md

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Simple PR

Follow these steps to create a simple PR from staged changes:

Step 1: Check workspace state

Run: git status

Verify that all changes have been staged (no unstaged changes). If there are unstaged changes, abort and ask the user to stage their changes first with git add.

Also verify that we are on the main branch. If not, abort and ask the user to switch to main first.

Step 2: Ensure main is up to date

Run: git pull origin main

This ensures we're working from the latest code.

Step 3: Review staged changes

Run: git diff --cached

Review the staged changes to understand what the PR will contain.

Step 4: Generate commit message

Based on the staged changes, generate a concise commit message (1-2 sentences) that describes the "why" rather than the "what".

Display the proposed commit message to the user and ask for confirmation before proceeding.

Step 5: Create a new branch

Get the git username: git config user.name | tr ' ' '-' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'

Create a short, descriptive branch name based on the changes (e.g., fix-typo-in-readme, add-retry-logic, update-deps).

Create and checkout the branch: git checkout -b {username}/{short-descriptive-name}

Step 6: Commit changes

Commit with the message from step 3:

git commit -m "{commit-message}"

Step 7: Push and open a PR

Push the branch and open a PR:

git push -u origin {branch-name}
gh pr create --title "{commit-message-title}" --body "{longer-description-if-needed}"

Report the PR URL to the user when complete.