Linear PR Creation

Create GitHub pull requests linked to Linear issues using linear-cli.

Create PR

# Create PR linked to Linear issue
linear-cli g pr LIN-123

# Draft PR
linear-cli g pr LIN-123 --draft

# Specify base branch
linear-cli g pr LIN-123 --base main

# Open in browser after creation
linear-cli g pr LIN-123 --web

Git Branch Operations

# Create and checkout branch for issue
linear-cli g checkout LIN-123

# Custom branch name
linear-cli g checkout LIN-123 -b my-custom-branch

# Just show branch name (don't create)
linear-cli g branch LIN-123

# Create branch without checkout
linear-cli g create LIN-123

Complete Workflow

# 1. Start work (assigns, sets In Progress, creates branch)
linear-cli i start LIN-123 --checkout

# 2. Make changes and commit
git add . && git commit -m "Fix the bug"

# 3. Create PR
linear-cli g pr LIN-123

# 4. Mark done
linear-cli i update LIN-123 -s Done

Get Current Issue

# Get issue from current git branch
linear-cli context
linear-cli context --output json

Tips

• PR title/description auto-generated from issue
• Use --draft for work-in-progress
• Branch pattern: username/lin-123-issue-title
• Requires gh CLI for GitHub operations