how to post a github PR that sets the base branch to release

Developers keep making the mistake on hotfixes to release branches in github. Here are the steps we have right now

git checkout --track origin/release_xxxx (make sure you are on the release branch)
git checkout -b yourName/yourTicketNumber (the hotfix branch)
Modify your code
Post a PR
modify the PR's base branch back to release_xxx

I am wondering if there is a slick way on the last step that once in a while gets missed to automatically use the branch it was branched from instead of main?

Perhaps I just need to create a postHotfix.sh and do the work in there but then people need github tools installed. Any other solutions?

CodePudding user response：

I don't know of an automatic solution, but you can change the base branch when raising your PR in the GitHub UI:

If you're using the GitHub CLI, you can add a -B (or --base) branch as an argument: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_pr_create