Hub: New command/option to open an existing pull request

[blueyed]

I would like to have a command to open/browse an existing pull request.

Since pull-request is able to see if there's a pull-request already (at least when it tries to create one), this should be possible.

It should default to the current branch with its tracking remote/repo.

Related issue: https://github.com/github/hub/issues/880 - which is about displaying the URL to a pull request.

[parkr]

hub browse gets you most of the way there.

[blueyed]

Yes, it helps in general.

But given https://github.com/github/hub/issues/896 you won't be on your fork / the branch necessarily.

(I assume that you mean that the branch is opened and you can click the link to the PR?!)

[nhooyr]

function github
    set -l url
    set -l branch (git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
    if test $status -eq 0
        set url (hub pr list -f %U\n -h $branch)
    end

    if test -z $url
        set url (hub browse -u)
    end

    python -mwebbrowser $url >/dev/null
end

Thats I use on macOS with fish, works really well.

[dwijnand]

git config --global alias.pr-open \
  '!open $(hub pr list -f %U -h dwijnand:$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD))'

to add a pr-open alias to your ~/.gitconfig

Replace dwijnand with your username, and open if not on macOS.

[jasonkuhrt]

Suggest command name/structure:

$ git pr browse <#>

Example:

$ git pr browse 59

[mislav]

hub pr show has now landed in master https://github.com/github/hub/pull/2141

[dentuzhik]

This is amazing, thank you 🥇
That time when issue hangs in your subscription for more than two years and then it finally pays off 💃

[mislav]

@dentuzhik You're welcome! Credit goes to @ashemesh @hmemcpy @jsternberg et al who eventually made contributions towards the feature ❤️

[hmemcpy]

Thanks very much for pushing it through! 🎉