ezyang / ezyang/ghstack

Add command line option to specify labels

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Description

Consider adding a command line option (e.g. --labels=...) that would allow users to specify labels that should be applied to the PR when it is created. Without this, users have to open the PR and add the label(s) manually or use the GitHub command line tool after running ghstack.

I'm 90% sure the GitHub API supports adding labels to PRs (either at creation time or after), so I think it's matter of adding the option and plumbing the value provided by the user through to the API call.

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Research direction

Start at ghstack's command-line option parsing and the code that creates pull requests through the GitHub API. Confirm how labels can be applied, then trace the option value through to that API call. Done means users can provide labels when invoking ghstack and the created PR receives them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github, python
Domain
api, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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