dlqs / patch-to-pull-request

Patch-to-Pull-Request

Create a GitHub pull request by simply POST-ing a patch file! This is a zero-depedency commit workflow, without needing git clone etc.

1. Create a Personal Access Token here with workflow and repo scopes.
   • Unfortunately, tokens cannot be scoped to individual repositories, so creating a dedicated "bot" user who has full admin access to the relevant repository might be an option.
2. Create a patch file with diff: diff -u <old file> <new file> > a.patch
3. POST your patch with curl:

printf '{"event_type":"apply_patch","client_payload":{"patch":"%b"}}' \
 "$(base64 -w 0 a.patch)" | \
 curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.github.com/repos/<username>/<repository>/dispatches' \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer <personal access token>\
  --data @-