# Ship: Branch, PR, Release
The Ship pillar takes a clean working tree to a tagged release. Branch, draft a PR (with the LLM if you want), preview, push, then bump version and tag.
## Branch and PR with `fledge work`
```bash
fledge work start add-auth # creates leif/feat/add-auth
fledge work start fix-crash --branch-type fix # leif/fix/fix-crash
fledge work start login --issue 42 --branch-type fix # leif/fix/42-login
fledge work start v0.16 --branch-type chore # leif/chore/v0.16
fledge work status # current branch + PR + ahead/behind
```
### Open a PR
`fledge work pr` auto-generates the body from your commits, shows a styled preview (title, head→base, draft tag, full body), and prompts y/n before pushing. With `--ai` it hands the diff to the configured LLM and gets back a Markdown body with `## Summary` + `## Test plan` sections.
```bash
fledge work pr # heuristic body, preview + confirm
fledge work pr --ai # AI-drafted body, preview + confirm
fledge work pr --yes --ai # skip the prompt (agent-friendly)
fledge work pr --title "..." --body "..." # explicit overrides
fledge work pr --draft
fledge work pr --base develop
fledge work pr --json # {url, number, title, head, base, draft}
# Per-call AI provider/model overrides
fledge work pr --ai --provider ollama --model gpt-oss:120b-cloud --yes
```
The preview reads:
```
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Title: feat: work pr — auto body + preview + confirm
Branch: 0xleif/feat/pr-preview-and-body → main
## Summary
- Add styled preview block before any push or gh call
- Add yes/no confirmation prompt with default Yes
- Add --ai flag for LLM-drafted body
...
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
? Create this pull request? (Y/n)
```
Choosing **n** prints `✋ Aborted.` and exits 0 with no side effects — nothing is pushed.
## GitHub browsing (plugin)
Read-only views of issues, PRs, and CI status moved to [`fledge-plugin-github`](https://github.com/CorvidLabs/fledge-plugin-github) in v0.15. PR *creation* stays in core via `fledge work pr` above. Install:
```bash
fledge plugins install --defaults
```
Then:
```bash
fledge issues # GitHub issues (open by default)
fledge issues view 42 --json
fledge prs # GitHub PRs
fledge prs view 256 --json
fledge checks # CI status for current branch
fledge checks --branch main --json
```
## Changelogs with `fledge changelog`
Generate a changelog from git tags and conventional commits.
```bash
fledge changelog
fledge changelog --unreleased # changes since last tag
fledge changelog --tag v0.15.0 # specific release
fledge changelog --limit 5 # last 5 releases
fledge changelog --json
```
## Releases with `fledge release`
Cut a release — bump the version, generate changelog, create an annotated git tag, and optionally push. Pure git, no GitHub-specific calls (the GitHub Releases UI object is created separately, e.g. via `gh release create`).
```bash
fledge release patch # bump patch version
fledge release minor --push # bump minor + push to remote
fledge release major --pre-lane ci # run CI lane first, then bump major
fledge release 2.0.0 --dry-run # preview a specific version bump
fledge release patch --no-tag --no-changelog # just bump version, skip extras
fledge release minor --allow-dirty # release even with uncommitted changes
```
**Options:**
- `--dry-run` — Preview without making changes
- `--no-tag` — Skip git tag
- `--no-changelog` — Skip changelog generation
- `--push` — Push commit and tag to remote
- `--pre-lane <name>` — Run a lane before releasing (e.g. `ci`)
- `--allow-dirty` — Allow uncommitted changes
## Typical flow
```bash
fledge work start add-feature # 1. branch
# ... code, commit ...
fledge lanes run pre-commit # 2. fmt + lint + test + spec-check
fledge work pr --ai # 3. AI-drafted PR with preview/confirm
fledge checks # 4. wait for CI (plugin)
gh pr merge <num> --squash # 5. merge (or via fledge work pr's URL on GitHub)
git checkout main && git pull
fledge release minor --push # 6. version bump + changelog + tag
gh release create v<X.Y.Z> --notes-file ... # 7. GitHub Release object (manual)
```