Submit Current Branch as PR

Submit the current stacked diff branch as a pull request using the Graphite CLI.

What This Command Does

This command runs gt submit which:

• Creates or updates a pull request for the current branch
• Sets up the PR with the correct base branch (the parent in the stack)
• Links the PR to the Graphite stack for easy navigation

Execution Steps

Execute these steps in order. Stop and report errors if any step fails.

Step 1: Validate Environment

git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree

If this fails, tell the user: "Not in a git repository. Navigate to a git repo first."

gt --version

If this fails, tell the user: "Graphite CLI not found. Install with: npm install -g @withgraphite/graphite-cli@latest"

Step 2: Check Current Branch

git branch --show-current

If the branch is main or master, warn the user: "You are on the trunk branch. PRs are typically submitted from feature branches created with gt create."

Step 3: Submit the PR

gt submit

This command will:

• Push the branch to the remote
• Create a pull request (or update existing one)
• Output the PR URL

Step 4: Report Results

After successful submission, report:

• The branch name that was submitted
• The PR URL from the gt output
• Confirmation that the PR is ready for review

Example output format:

PR submitted for branch: feature/auth-token-handling

PR URL: https://github.com/user/repo/pull/123

The pull request is now open and ready for review.

Error Handling

If gt submit fails:

• Show the exact error output from gt
• Common issues:
  • Not authenticated with GitHub (run gt auth)
  • Branch not tracked by Graphite (use gt create first)
  • Remote push rejected (may need to pull or rebase)

Notes

• This submits only the current branch, not the entire stack
• To submit all branches in a stack, the user should run gt submit --stack manually
• The PR description and title come from the commit message
• Subsequent runs of gt submit on the same branch update the existing PR