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gh pr — Manage GitHub pull requests. Some subcommands such as `create` have their own usage documentation. M

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Problem

How to use the gh pr command: Manage GitHub pull requests. Some subcommands such as create have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_pr>.

Solution

gh pr — Manage GitHub pull requests. Some subcommands such as create have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_pr>.

Create a pull request:

gh pr {{[new|create]}}

Check out a specific pull request locally:

gh {{[co|pr checkout]}} {{pr_number|url|branch}}

View the changes made in the pull request for the current branch:

gh pr diff

Approve the pull request for the current branch:

gh pr review {{[-a|--approve]}}

Merge the pull request associated with the current branch interactively:

gh pr merge

Edit a pull request interactively:

gh pr edit

Edit the base branch of a pull request:

gh pr edit {{[-B|--base]}} {{branch_name}}

Check the status of the current repository's pull requests:

gh pr status

Code Snippets

Create a pull request

gh pr {{[new|create]}}

Check out a specific pull request locally

gh {{[co|pr checkout]}} {{pr_number|url|branch}}

View the changes made in the pull request for the current branch

gh pr diff

Approve the pull request for the current branch

gh pr review {{[-a|--approve]}}

Merge the pull request associated with the current branch interactively

gh pr merge

Context

tldr-pages: common/gh pr

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