PR From Issue (PFI)

pfi is a lightweight command line tool that makes it easy to create a Git Branch and Pull Request from a Jira issue.

Setup:

1. npm install -g pr-from-issue. it is recommended to install globally so you can use it easily across all repositories, instead of installing it inside each repo.

2. Add the following to your .zshrc or bash_profile:

export JIRA_ORG="yourorg" // this is the prefix of all your Jira/Atlassian URLs
export JIRA_EMAIL="[email protected]" // this is the email you use to log into JIRA
export JIRA_API_TOKEN="string" // generate one here: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

3. This tool assumes you have Git and GitHub Cli installed and working on your machine. Ensure that you can successfully run commands like git checkout -b my-new-branch and gh list before attempting to use this tool. Install GitHub CLI with Homebrew by running brew install gh.

Usage:

1. cd into the relevant git repository
2. git checkout back to your repository's default branch (likely main or master).
3. ensure you have no outstanding changes & your working tree is clean.
4. copy the Issue Link from JIRA
5. run the pfi command

Example:

pfi https://yourorg.atlassian.net/browse/ABC-123

Running this command will do the following:

1. create a branch named abc-123-title-of-issue
2. checkout to that branch locally
3. create an initial commit
4. push that commit to remote
5. create a Pull Request for the branch.

It should print the URL for your new Pull Request in the terminal output.