The return from az repos pr create does not show the commits or number of commits in source branch not in targetbranch

[llyons]

Describe the bug

in the return from

$return = az repos pr create --project $project
--repository $repository --source-branch $sourcebranch
--target-branch $targetbranch ` |
ConvertFrom-Json;

the return does not have commits populated and shows 0 or null.

artifactId : vstfs:///Git/PullRequestId/a66dd09e-1cf1-4979-af37-7a9440d4f98d%2f06ec5fd1-a2bf-44c3-9c71-0a8edbf2e922%2f15700
autoCompleteSetBy :
closedBy :
closedDate :
codeReviewId : 15700
commits :
completionOptions :
completionQueueTime :
createdBy :
creationDate : 2023-10-03T15:52:18.402373+00:00
description :
forkSource :
isDraft : False
labels :
lastMergeCommit :
lastMergeSourceCommit : @{author=; changeCounts=; changes=; comment=; commentTruncated=;
commitId=e45c7f46b4dfa50b15a4815cc04a7abe621a2839; committer=; parents=; push=; remoteUrl=; statuses=; url=https://
dev.azure.com/sdfsdfsdf/a66dd09e-1cf1-4979-af37-7a9440d4f98d/_apis/git/repositories/06ec5fd1-a2bf-44c3-9c71-0a8e
dbf2e922/commits/e45c7f46b4dfa50b15a4815cc04a7abe621a2839; workItems=}
lastMergeTargetCommit : @{author=; changeCounts=; changes=; comment=; commentTruncated=;
commitId=111e3f98890ccaf65185f6d1774bfd0df6614ae8; committer=; parents=; push=; remoteUrl=; statuses=; url=https://
dev.azure.com/sdfsdfsdfs/a66dd09e-1cf1-4979-af37-7a9440d4f98d/_apis/git/repositories/06ec5fd1-a2bf-44c3-9c71-0a8e
dbf2e922/commits/111e3f98890ccaf65185f6d1774bfd0df6614ae8; workItems=}
mergeFailureMessage :
mergeFailureType :
mergeId : 08d33003-6d98-4088-8939-6e1b02d6443a
mergeOptions :
mergeStatus : queued
pullRequestId : 15700
remoteUrl :
repository :
reviewers :
sourceRefName : refs/heads/PDM-513
status : active
supportsIterations : True
targetRefName : refs/heads/development
title : update and add dummy change for testing prs
url : https://dev.azure.com/sdfsdfdsfsf/a66dd09e-1cf1-4979-af37-7a9440d4f98d/_apis/git/repositories/06ec5fd1-a2bf-44c3-9
c71-0a8edbf2e922/pullRequests/15700
workItemRefs :

Related command

NA

Errors

NA

Issue script & Debug output

NA

Expected behavior

I would expect the return of new PR creation to have some details on number of commits relative to the target branch.

Environment Summary

azure-cli 2.52.0 *

core 2.52.0 *
telemetry 1.1.0

Extensions:
azure-devops 0.26.0

Dependencies:
msal 1.24.0b1
azure-mgmt-resource 23.1.0b2

Python location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe'
Extensions directory 'C:\Users\Lance_Lyons.azure\cliextensions'

Python (Windows) 3.10.10 (tags/v3.10.10:aad5f6a, Feb 7 2023, 17:20:36) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]

Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal

Additional context

We are trying to make sure a completed PR from $sourcebranch to $targetbranch doesnt have additional commits not merged before deleting the PR branch.

sometimes a PR branch is used for several commits into the target branch.

[azure-client-tools-bot-prd]

Hi @llyons,

2.52.0 is not the latest Azure CLI(2.53.0).

If you haven't already attempted to do so, please upgrade to the latest Azure CLI version by following https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/update-azure-cli.

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[llyons]

I upgraded to 2.53 and get the same bug. No commit is shown in the return even though there is a commit that has not been merged.

azure-cli 2.53.0

core 2.53.0
telemetry 1.1.0

Extensions:
azure-devops 0.26.0

Dependencies:
msal 1.24.0b2
azure-mgmt-resource 23.1.0b2

Python location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe'
Extensions directory 'C:\Users\Lance_Lyons.azure\cliextensions'

Python (Windows) 3.10.10 (tags/v3.10.10:aad5f6a, Feb 7 2023, 17:20:36) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]

Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal

Your CLI is up-to-date.

[bn-c]

Any update on this issue? I have a use case where I would like to create a PR only if there's change between the source and target branches (git). However the az repos pr create will create a PR despite there's no changes between the branches.

I am trying to get around this by listing only the repos has changed commits az repos pr list however, I was unable to filter due to all "commits" properties are null

[AshishDadhich4h2]

@bn-c did you find any fix or workaround ? I also want to ensure az repo pr create cli returns something to validate if any change is there. I am surprised that there is no any branch compare cli :(

[AshishDadhich4h2]

az repos pr create cli should be failed if there is no any change between source and branch. But it's not failing even no change.

[andrem0]

Also very interested in this for az repos pr show, which also returns commits: null

[FrancescElies]

az repos pr show --id 1234 showing the commits would be a start which will help answering the question "which PR contains this commit?"

Something like git branch --contains HASH would be great, maybe az repos pr contains-commit HASH

[andrem0]

@FrancescElies We solved our case by using az devops invoke and resource pullRequestCommits:

az devops invoke
    --organization "https://dev.azure.com/$organization/"
    --area git
    --resource pullRequestCommits
    --route-parameters project=$project repositoryId=$repositoryId pullRequestId=$pr.pullRequestId
    --http-method GET
    --output json