Create a GitHub pull request non-interactively with gh pr create
domain: cli.github.com · 7 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Fully specify to avoid prompts: gh pr create --title 'Fix parser' --body 'Details…' --base main
Or autofill from commits: gh pr create --fill (--fill-first uses only the first commit; --fill-verbose uses commit message + body for the description)
Read the body from a file or stdin: --body-file path (use '-' for stdin)
Create as draft with --draft; target another repo with --repo owner/name; set head explicitly with --head branch (supports user:branch syntax for cross-fork PRs)
Add reviewers with --reviewer monalisa,myorg/team-name; add to a project by title with --project 'Roadmap'
Preview without creating: --dry-run (note: it may still push git changes)
Docs: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_pr_create (verified against gh 2.97.0, released 2026-07-31)
Known gotchas
If the current branch isn't fully pushed, gh interactively prompts where to push and may offer to fork the base repo — use --head to explicitly skip forking/pushing behavior in scripts
--title/--body provided alongside --fill take precedence over the autofilled values
Adding a PR to a project requires the 'project' auth scope: run gh auth refresh -s project first
Without --title/--body/--fill, gh prompts interactively — a hang in headless automation
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