Use FastLane to create PRs

This is a guide on how to set up a fastlane lane to create pull requests:

1. Set Up Fastlane:
   1. Add a Gemfile file in the root of the repo
   2. Add these to the Gemfile:

    source "https://rubygems.org"
   
    gem "fastlane"
   

   1. Run bundle update
   2. Run bundle exec fastlane init
2. Set Up the PR lane:
   1. Run cd fastlane
   2. Edit the Fastfile file to add the PR lane:
3. Add your Github PAT to an environment file:
   1. Create a new file called .env inside the fastlane folder.
   2. Paste this inside:

       GITHUB_API_TOKEN="YOUR_GITHUB_PAT"
      

   3. Add the .env file to the .gitignore:

       fastlane/.env
      

4. Run the lane:
   1. bundle exec fastlane pr
5. Additionally, you could add an alias to the .zshrc file for easier usage:
   1. Run vim ~/.zshrc
   2. Add a new alias:

       alias pr='cd ~/your-project && bundle exec fastlane pr'
      

6. Also additionally, you could add some documentation to your Contributing guidelines:
   1. Here is another post describing how to do that.
   2. Here you can find some inspiration.

Now you can run pr from anywhere in your console and send a PR from your console 😄.

You can find a repository where everything is set up here.

Remember that the lane won’t work in your pc for that repository, given you don’t have a valid PAT in the .env file.

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