From 20c03355f99e973894a2e12e0e08b477e0970e13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 22:56:33 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Default git shipping to pull requests

---
 packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 packages/app/src/git/policy.ts      | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts |  8 ++++++--
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts b/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts
index d58549fa8..f9cde8948 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/policy.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function createInput(overrides: Partial<BuildGitActionsInput> = {}): BuildGitAct
     aheadOfOrigin: 0,
     behindOfOrigin: 0,
     shouldPromoteArchive: false,
-    shipDefault: "merge",
+    shipDefault: "pr",
     runtime: {
       commit: {
         disabled: false,
@@ -387,13 +387,31 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("promotes local merge over update-from-base", () => {
+  it("promotes Create PR over push and local merge when PR is the ship default", () => {
+    const actions = buildGitActions(
+      createInput({
+        hasRemote: true,
+        isOnBaseBranch: false,
+        aheadCount: 2,
+        aheadOfOrigin: 2,
+        behindBaseCount: 3,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({
+      id: "pr",
+      label: "Create PR",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses local merge when merge is the stored ship default", () => {
     const actions = buildGitActions(
       createInput({
         hasRemote: true,
         isOnBaseBranch: false,
         aheadCount: 2,
         behindBaseCount: 3,
+        shipDefault: "merge",
       }),
     );
 
@@ -665,7 +683,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
       }),
     );
 
-    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "merge-branch", label: "Merge locally" });
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "pr", label: "View PR" });
     expect(actions.secondary.some((action) => action.id.startsWith("enable-pr-auto-merge"))).toBe(
       false,
     );
@@ -766,7 +784,7 @@ describe("git-actions-policy", () => {
       }),
     );
 
-    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "merge-branch", label: "Merge locally" });
+    expect(actions.primary).toMatchObject({ id: "pr", label: "View PR" });
     expect(
       actions.secondary.some((action) =>
         ["merge-pr-squash", "merge-pr-merge", "merge-pr-rebase"].includes(action.id),
diff --git a/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts b/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts
index f70f24a26..69d09323e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/policy.ts
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ function getPrimaryActionId(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActionId | null {
   if (canPull(input)) {
     return "pull";
   }
-  if (canPush(input)) {
-    return "push";
-  }
   if (canMergePr(input)) {
     return getDefaultDirectPullRequestMergeActionId(input);
   }
@@ -345,6 +342,12 @@ function getPrimaryActionId(input: BuildGitActionsInput): GitActionId | null {
   if (hasEnabledPrAutoMerge(input)) {
     return "pr";
   }
+  if (input.shipDefault === "pr" && canUsePullRequestActionAsShipDefault(input)) {
+    return "pr";
+  }
+  if (canPush(input)) {
+    return "push";
+  }
   if (!input.isOnBaseBranch && input.aheadCount > 0) {
     return "merge-branch";
   }
@@ -502,6 +505,16 @@ function canMergeFromBase(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+function canUsePullRequestActionAsShipDefault(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
+  if (input.isOnBaseBranch || !input.githubFeaturesEnabled) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (input.hasPullRequest) {
+    return input.pullRequestUrl !== null;
+  }
+  return input.aheadCount > 0;
+}
+
 function canMergePr(input: BuildGitActionsInput): boolean {
   const github = input.pullRequestGithub;
   const canMergeFromPullRequestStatus =
diff --git a/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts b/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts
index ac9b6c4ff..c1ab3f087 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/git/use-actions.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ interface UseGitActionsResult {
 export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): UseGitActionsResult {
   const toast = useToast();
   const [postShipArchiveSuggested, setPostShipArchiveSuggested] = useState(false);
-  const [shipDefault, setShipDefault] = useState<"merge" | "pr">("merge");
+  const [shipDefault, setShipDefault] = useState<"merge" | "pr">("pr");
 
   const { status, isLoading: isStatusLoading } = useCheckoutStatusQuery({ serverId, cwd });
   const gitStatus = status && status.isGit ? status : null;
@@ -186,15 +186,19 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!shipDefaultStorageKey) {
+      setShipDefault("pr");
       return;
     }
     let isActive = true;
+    setShipDefault("pr");
     AsyncStorage.getItem(shipDefaultStorageKey)
       .then((value) => {
         if (!isActive) return;
         if (value === "pr" || value === "merge") {
           setShipDefault(value);
+          return;
         }
+        setShipDefault("pr");
         return;
       })
       .catch(() => undefined);
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ export function useGitActions({ serverId, cwd, icons }: UseGitActionsInput): Use
       try {
         await AsyncStorage.setItem(shipDefaultStorageKey, next);
       } catch {
-        // Ignore persistence failures; default will reset to "merge".
+        // Ignore persistence failures; default will reset to "pr".
       }
     },
     [shipDefaultStorageKey],