PR2MD 1.0.5

Pull Request Markdown Generator

PR2MD - Pull Request to Markdown

PR2MD is a powerful command-line tool that extracts GitHub Pull Request data and converts it into comprehensive, well-formatted Markdown documents. Perfect for documentation, archiving, code reviews, or offline analysis of pull requests.

Features

• 📥 Complete PR Data Extraction: Retrieves all PR details including metadata, description, labels, and timestamps
• 💬 Full Conversation Thread: Captures all comments and discussions in chronological order
• ✅ Review Information: Includes all code reviews with approval status and reviewer comments
• 💻 Code Comments: Extracts inline review comments with their associated code context
• 📊 Change Statistics: Displays files changed, additions, deletions, and commit information
• 🔍 Complete Diffs: Includes the full unified diff of all changes
• 🎨 Beautiful Formatting: Generates clean, readable Markdown with proper structure and syntax highlighting
• ⚡ Fast & Efficient: Uses the official GitHub REST API with proper error handling
• 🔒 Type-Safe: Written in Python with comprehensive type annotations

Installation

Using pip (Recommended)

The easiest way to install PR2MD is directly from PyPI:

pip install PR2MD

That's it! The pr2md command will be available in your terminal.

From Source

Alternatively, you can install from source for development or to get the latest unreleased features:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/tboy1337/PR2MD.git
cd PR2MD

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Install the package
pip install -e .

Requirements

• Python 3.13 or higher
• requests library (automatically installed with pip)

Quick Start

After installing via pip, you can immediately start using PR2MD:

# Extract a PR by URL (saves to PR-123.md)
pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123

# Save to a custom filename
pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 -o output.md

# Output to console/stdout
pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 -o

Usage

Basic Usage

Extract a PR using its URL (automatically saves to PR-123.md):

pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123

Or specify the owner, repository, and PR number separately:

pr2md owner repo 123

Save to Custom Filename

Output the Markdown to a custom filename:

pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 -o pr-details.md
pr2md owner repo 123 --output pr-analysis.md

Output to Console

Output to stdout instead of saving to a file:

pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 -o
pr2md owner repo 123 --output

Verbose Logging

Enable detailed logging for debugging:

pr2md https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 --verbose

Help

View all available options:

pr2md --help

Output Format

The generated Markdown document includes:

1. PR Header

• PR number, title, and status (Open/Closed/Merged)
• Author information with GitHub profile link
• Creation, update, closed, and merged timestamps
• Base and head branch information with commit SHAs
• Labels (if any)

2. Description

• The full PR description/body

3. Changes Summary

• Number of files changed
• Line additions and deletions

4. Code Diff

• Complete unified diff of all changes
• Syntax-highlighted code blocks

5. Conversation Thread

• All comments from the PR discussion
• Chronologically sorted
• Author attribution and timestamps
• Links back to GitHub

6. Reviews

• All submitted reviews
• Review state (Approved ✅, Changes Requested 🔴, Commented 💬, etc.)
• Review comments and timestamps

7. Review Comments (Code Comments)

• Inline code review comments
• Grouped by file
• Includes code context (diff hunk)
• Reply chains preserved

Example

# Extract PR #42 from the PR2MD repository (saves to PR-42.md)
pr2md tboy1337 PR2MD 42

This creates a file PR-42.md containing all the PR information in a beautifully formatted Markdown document.

If you want a custom filename:

pr2md tboy1337 PR2MD 42 -o pr-42-analysis.md

GitHub API Rate Limiting

The tool uses the GitHub REST API without authentication by default. GitHub imposes rate limits:

• Unauthenticated requests: 60 requests per hour
• Authenticated requests: 5,000 requests per hour

For most use cases, unauthenticated access is sufficient as the tool makes only a few API calls per PR. If you encounter rate limiting issues, the tool will provide clear error messages.

Future Enhancement: Authentication support is planned for a future release to enable higher rate limits and access to private repositories.

Limitations

• Currently supports only public GitHub repositories (authentication coming soon)
• Rate limited by GitHub API (60 requests/hour without authentication)
• Requires internet connection to fetch data
• Large PRs with extensive diffs may generate very large Markdown files

License

This project is licensed under the CRL License - see LICENSE.md for details.