Splice Bot

Extract selected lines from a pull request and create a new focused PR.

Quick Start

1. Add the workflow

Copy .github/workflows/splice-bot.yml to your repository, changing uses: ./ to uses: jcommelin/splice-pr@master.

2. Enable repository permissions

Go to Settings > Actions > General > Workflow permissions:

Select "Read and write permissions"
Check "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests"

3. Use it

Review a pull request
Select lines in the diff view
Add a review comment containing splice-bot
The bot creates a new PR with just those changes

Command Options

splice-bot                              # Basic usage
splice-bot "Fix typo in docs"           # Custom PR title
splice-bot title:"Fix bug" base:main    # Structured options
splice-bot labels:bug,urgent --draft    # Labels and draft PR
splice-bot reviewers:alice,bob          # Request reviewers
splice-bot --entire-hunk                # Extract full hunk
splice-bot --entire-file                # Extract all file changes

Option	Description
`title`	Custom PR title
`base`	Base branch (defaults to original PR's base)
`description`	Custom PR description
`labels`	Comma-separated labels to add
`reviewers`	Comma-separated usernames (@ optional)
`branch`	Custom branch name
`--draft`	Create as draft PR
`--entire-hunk`	Extract the complete hunk containing the comment
`--entire-file`	Extract all changes from the file

How It Works

Extracts the selected lines from the PR diff
Creates a new branch from the base branch
Applies only the selected changes
Creates a PR and replies with a link

The commit author is set to whoever left the review comment.

Limitations

Single file selections only (multi-file support planned)
Requires the repository permission settings above

License

MIT

jcommelin/splice-pr