Guide on how to export a pull request to a file

export-pull-request.md

Export pull request

GitHub

Save a pull request as a pr.diff

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.diff" -u [username]:[personal_access_token] https://api.github.com/repos/[organization]/[repo]/pulls/[pull id] > pr.diff 

Replace

• username your Github username
• personal_access_token can be generated under https://github.com/settings/tokens
• organization name of the organization
• repo name of the repository
• pull id ID of the pull request

Example

To export this https://github.com/proxify-ab/proxify-app-platforms/pull/4746

the following code is used

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.diff" -u viktorjarnheimer:SECRET https://api.github.com/repos/proxify-ab/proxify-app-platforms/pulls/4746 > pr.diff

Bitbucket

Save a pull request as a pr.diff

curl -u [username]:[app_password] https://bitbucket.org/api/2.0/repositories/[workspace]/[repo_slug]/pullrequests/[pull id]/diff > pr.diff

Replace:

• username with your Bitbucket username
• app_password with your Bitbucket app password (which can be generated under App Passwords)
• workspace with the workspace ID or username for the repository
• repo_slug with the slug of the repository (the name in lowercase, with spaces replaced by hyphens)
• pull id with the ID of the pull request

Example

To export this pull request: https://bitbucket.org/proxify-ab/proxify-app-platforms/pull-requests/4746

The following code is used:

curl -u jarnheimer:SECRET https://bitbucket.org/api/2.0/repositories/proxify-ab/proxify-app-platforms/pullrequests/4746/diff > pr.diff