git pr - Global .gitconfig aliases for Pull Request Managment

..Git PR Aliases.md

Install

Either copy the aliases from the .gitconfig or run the commands in add-pr-alias.sh

Usage

Easily checkout local copies of pull requests from remotes:

• git pr 4 - creates local branch pr/4 from the github upstream(if it exists) or origin remote and merges main into it
• git pr 4 someremote - creates local branch pr/4 from someremote remote and checks it out
• git pr-merge - merges the currently checked out PR into main
• git pr-clean - removes all pr/* branches from your local repo

.gitconfig

# for github remotes
[alias]
	pr = "!f() { git fetch ${2:-$(git remote |grep ^upstream || echo origin)} refs/pull/$1/head && git checkout -b pr/$1 FETCH_HEAD && git merge main; }; f"
	pr-clean = "!git for-each-ref refs/heads/pr/* --format=\"%(refname)\" | while read ref ; do branch=${ref#refs/heads/} ; git branch -d $branch ; done"
	pr-merge = "!f() { PR=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD) && (case $PR in \"refs/heads/pr/\"*) git checkout main && git merge $PR;; *) echo \"HEAD is not a PR branch: $PR\";; esac); }; f"

I'd consider adding the change to the original gist if the process works, the thing I'd be worried about in this setup is if you git pr from a local branch, it doesn't make sure that the base is on latest master.