GH attempts to link a PR to the wrong remote branch name when the local branch name contains 'pr-'

[drewbrokke]

I'm working on a set of changes where the branches are prefixed with gdpr-*, and whenever I try to submit a PR with one of these branches, I get the following error:

error: src refspec pr-gdLPS-84401-roles-uad does not match any.
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:drewbrokke/liferay-portal-ee.git'
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/exec.js:53
        throw err
        ^

Error: Child process terminated with error code 1
    at Object.exports.spawnSyncStream (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/exec.js:49:15)
    at Object.exports.push (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/git.js:62:17)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/cmds/pull-request.js:770:17
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:718:13
    at iterate (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:262:13)
    at async.forEachOfSeries.async.eachOfSeries (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:281:9)
    at _parallel (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:717:9)
    at Object.async.series (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:739:9)
    at PullRequest.submit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/cmds/pull-request.js:799:11)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gh/lib/cmds/pull-request.js:1051:18

The local branch name is: gdpr-LPS-84401-roles-uad And GH attempts to link to: pr-gdLPS-84401-roles-uad

[drewbrokke]

I changed the pull_branch_name_prefix value in my ~/.gh.json config file, but I'd rather not have to change it to send these particular pulls. At least there's a workaround.