gitea-gt-cli/references/pull-requests.md

Pull requests (gt pr)

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Pull requests, including reviews, checks, diff, checkout, backports and merge. gt <cmd> --help is authoritative. Global/repository-selection flags are in SKILL.md.

gt pr <command>
  attachment  backport  checkout  checks  clean  close  comment  create  diff
  edit  list  merge  ready  reopen  review  status  timeline  update-branch  view

pr list aliases pr ls; pr create aliases pr new; pr checkout aliases pr co.

PR argument: 13, #13, a URL, or a head branch name (e.g. feature/login or bob:feature/login). Without one, the PR of the current branch.

JSON fields (PR): assignees, author, base, body, comments, created_at, draft, due_date, head, head_remote_deleted, head_repo, head_sha, id, labels, merge_commit_sha, mergeable, merged, merged_at, merged_by, milestone, number, review_decision, reviewer_teams, reviewers, reviews, state, title, updated_at, url. On list, reviewers, reviewer_teams, reviews, review_decision and merged_by cost extra requests and are fetched only when named.

list

-s, --state {open|closed|merged|all} (default open), -a/--assignee, -A/--author, --no-assignee, -l/--label, -m/--milestone, -B/--base branch, -H/--head branch|OWNER:BRANCH, -d/--draft, -S/--search, --sort, -L/--limit, --page, -w/--web.

review_decision is changes_requested, approved, review_required or empty. When the base branch's protection requires approvals, the decision counts official approvals as Gitea does for merging.

--local lists the local branches of the clone instead, each with the PR it belongs to and whether it is open, closed or merged; a merged or closed one tells that gt pr clean can delete the branch. JSON fields with --local: branch, commit, current, head_sha, number, state, title, url.

gt pr list --author @me --state all
gt pr list --local
gt pr list --json number,title,head --jq '.[] | select(.head == "feature/login")'

create

--fill (title/body from commits), -t/--title, -b/--body, -F/--body-file, -e/--editor, -B/--base, -H/--head, -d/--draft, -a/--assignee, -r/--reviewer, --reviewer-team, -l/--label, -m/--milestone, -p/--project (repeatable), --deadline, --attachment, --allow-maintainer-edits (default true), --agit (+ --topic), -w/--web, -y/--yes.

Creates from the current branch, or --head. Pushes a not-yet-remote branch after a confirmation (--yes in CI). A branch without a same-named upstream goes to the fork when origin is a fork, or to the only remote of your own fork; otherwise to the repository's remote. Any flag skips the interactive questions; the title is then --title, else the commit message of a single-commit branch, else the branch name. When an open PR already exists for the same branches, create links it instead of opening a new one.

A -b/--body value is normal paragraphs: do not hard-wrap it, and unwrap text copied from a commit message first (see SKILL.md's "Writing text for Gitea").

gt pr create --fill --yes
gt pr create -t "Add login" -b "Closes #1" -B develop -r carol -l enhancement

checkout / diff / checks

• checkout {N|url|branch} [-b branch] [--detach] [--update] — local branch tracking the head, so git push updates it. --update fast-forwards an existing branch and rejects divergence. JSON: branch, commit, detached, remote, tracking.
• diff [{N|url|branch}] [--name-only] [--color auto|always|never] [-w] — clean diff when piped (gt pr diff 13 | git apply); colored and paged on a terminal.
• checks [{N|url|branch}] [--watch] [--interval d] [--timeout d] [-w] — latest status of each check. Exits 8 while pending, 1 on failure. JSON: created_at, description, id, name, sha, state, updated_at, url.

gt pr checkout 13 --update
gt pr diff 13 | git apply
gt pr checks 13 --watch && gt pr merge 13

merge

-s/--method {merge|rebase|rebase-merge|squash|fast-forward-only|manually-merged} (default: repo's style), shortcuts --merge, --rebase, --squash, --auto (merge once required checks succeed), -d/--delete-branch (also deletes the local head branch when checked out, switching to the base), -t/--title, -b/--message, -F/--message-file, -e/--editor.

For a PR merged outside Gitea, --method manually-merged --commit SHA marks it as merged by that commit of the base branch; the repository must allow it (gt repo edit --allow-manual-merge). Gitea does not verify the commit contains the PR's changes.

gt pr merge 13 --squash --delete-branch
gt pr merge 13 --auto --yes
gt pr merge 13 --method manually-merged --commit 4b825dc --delete-branch

review

Choose the type with -a/--approve, -r/--request-changes (needs a body), or -c/--comment. Flags: -b/--body, -F/--body-file, -e/--editor, --pending (save for later), --commit sha, --comments-file file (JSON array of path, body, new_position or old_position), -y/--yes. Subcommands: create, list, view, delete, submit, request, cancel-request, comments, reply, resolve, unresolve, dismiss, undismiss. JSON: author, body, comments_count, commit, dismissed, id, official, stale, state, submitted_at, team, url.

On a terminal, no type opens an interactive review that can annotate the diff in your editor (lines you start with # become inline comments).

gt pr review --approve
gt pr review 13 -r -b "Please hash the password"
gt pr review 13 --pending --comments-file inline.json
gt pr review submit 13 --approve

backport

backport [<PR>] --to <branch> [--to <branch> ...] [-b|--branch branch] [-m|--milestone title] [--keep] [--continue] [-y|--yes] — cherry-picks what a merged PR landed onto a new backport-NUMBER-BRANCH for each --to, pushes each and opens a PR into it, titled like the original with its number appended, with its labels. A conflict on one branch does not stop the others. With --keep, gt stops on the backport branch: resolve the conflicts, git add them, git cherry-pick --continue, then run gt pr backport --continue on that branch. JSON: branch, commits, picked, pull, target.

gt pr backport 42 --to release/v1.2 --to release/v1.1 --yes
gt pr backport 42 --to release/v1.1 --keep
git add . && git cherry-pick --continue
gt pr backport --continue

update-branch

update-branch [<PR>] [--rebase] — brings the base branch's new commits into the head branch of a PR on Gitea, by merge or, with --rebase, by rebasing the head branch (which rewrites it). Only the branch on Gitea changes; update a local branch afterwards with git pull (or git pull --rebase).

gt pr update-branch
gt pr update-branch 13 --rebase

status / clean / ready / comment / view / edit

• status [--limit n] — current branch's PR with checks/review, then your authored/assigned/review-requested PRs. JSON: assigned, authored, current_branch, review_requested.
• clean [{...}] [--ignore-sha] [-y] — delete the branch of a merged/closed PR locally and on Gitea. JSON: default_branch, local_branch, remote, remote_branch, remote_deleted, remote_skip_reason, remote_skipped.
• ready [{...}] [--undo] — mark ready/back to draft (toggles WIP:/[WIP]).
• comment [{...}] — like issue comment (JSON: author, body, created_at, id, issue_number, updated_at, url); subcommands create|list|view|edit|delete and attachment for the files on a comment.
• edit [{...}] — change title, body, base, reviewers, labels, assignees, milestone, draft state or due date. Relative add/remove flags, or --set-* to replace; without flags on a terminal a form starts from the current values and sends only what changed.
• view [{...}] [-c|--comments] [-w], close, reopen, timeline, attachment.

gt pr status
gt pr edit 13 --title "Add login support" --add-reviewer carol
gt pr ready
gt pr clean 13

attachment / comment attachment

pr attachment {list|view|upload|download|edit|delete} manages the files attached to a PR, addressed by the PR number and the attachment ID. pr comment attachment {...} does the same for the files attached to a comment, addressed by the comment ID and the attachment ID. edit renames.

gt pr attachment list 13
gt pr attachment upload 13 dist/build.zip
gt pr comment attachment download 9876 42 --output out.pdf