diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 2d1234b401..1da94573c7 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ elixir       1.17.3-otp-27
 # erlang       25.3.2.8
 # elixir       1.13.4-otp-25
 just         1.35.0
+gh           2.61.0
 yarn         1.22.22
 nodejs       22.9.0
 # chromedriver latest
diff --git a/git-publish.sh b/git-publish.sh
index d0443f4ea3..9126047454 100755
--- a/git-publish.sh
+++ b/git-publish.sh
@@ -2,20 +2,44 @@
 DIR="${1:-$PWD}" 
 
 function maybe_rebase {
-    if [[ $1 == 'pull' ]] 
-    then
+    if [[ $1 == 'pull' ]]; then
         git pull --rebase || fail "Please resolve conflicts before continuing." 
     fi
 
-    if [[ $1 == 'rebase' ]] 
-    then
-        rebase
+    if [[ $1 == 'rebase' ]]; then
+        # if rebasing we assume that jungle already fetched, so we try to directly rebase
+        git rebase || fail "Please resolve conflicts before continuing." 
     fi
 }
 
-function rebase {
-    # if rebasing we assume that jungle already fetched, so we try to directly rebase
-    git rebase || fail "Please resolve conflicts before continuing." 
+function commit {
+    if [[ $1 == 'pr' ]]; then
+        echo "Here are the changes you made:"
+        git diff HEAD
+        branch_and_commit
+    else
+        git commit --verbose --all 
+    fi
+}
+
+function branch_and_commit {
+    read -p "Enter a description of these changes for the commit and related PR (leave empty to skip these changes for now) and press enter:" comment
+    if [[ -n "$comment" ]]; then
+        name=${comment// /_}
+        sanitized_name=${name//[^a-zA-Z0-9\-_]/}
+        (git checkout -b "PR-${sanitized_name}" || branch_and_commit) && git commit --all -m "$comment" && gh pr create --fill 
+    else
+        fail "No comment entered, skipping these changes..."
+    fi
+}
+
+function post_commit {
+    # merge/rebase local changes
+    maybe_rebase $1
+
+    if [[ $2 != 'only' ]]; then
+        git push && echo "Published changes!" 
+    fi
 }
 
 function fail {
@@ -30,34 +54,25 @@ cd $DIR
 
 git config core.fileMode false
 
-# add all changes (including untracked files)
-git add --all .
 
 set +e  # Grep succeeds with nonzero exit codes to show results.
 
-if LC_ALL=en_GB git status | grep -q -E 'Changes|modified|ahead'
-then
-    set -e
-
-    # if there are changes, commit them (needed before being able to rebase)
-    git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit --verbose --all || echo Skipped...
+if [ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+    # there are no changes
 
-    # if [[ $2 == 'pull' ]] 
-    # then
-    #     git fetch
-    # fi
+    set -e
+    echo "No local changes to push"
 
-    # merge/rebase local changes
     maybe_rebase $2
 
-    if [[ $3 != 'only' ]] 
-    then
-        git push && echo "Published changes!" 
-    fi
-
 else
+    # there are changes
     set -e
-    echo "No local changes to push"
 
-    maybe_rebase $2
+    # add all changes (including untracked files)
+    git add --all .
+
+    # if there are changes, commit them (needed before being able to rebase)
+    (commit $3 && post_commit $2 $3) || echo "Skipped..."
+
 fi
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index b2645543e7..fe883bc2ab 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ update-deps: _pre-update-deps
 	just mix-remote updates
 
 update-repo: _pre-contrib-hooks
-	@chmod +x git-publish.sh && ./git-publish.sh . pull || git pull
+	just git-publish . pull || git pull
 
 update-repo-pull:
-	@chmod +x git-publish.sh && ./git-publish.sh . pull only
+	just git-publish . pull only
 
 # Update to the latest Bonfire extensions in ./deps
 update-deps-bonfire:
@@ -350,20 +350,20 @@ update-dep-simple dep:
 
 # Pull the latest commits from all forks
 @update-forks:
-	(just git-fetch-all && just update-forks-all rebase) || (echo "Fetch all clones with Jungle not available, will fetch one by one instead." && just update-forks-all pull)
+	(just git-fetch-all && just update-forks-all rebase pr) || (echo "Fetch all clones with Jungle not available, will fetch one by one instead." && just update-forks-all pull pr)
 
-update-forks-all cmd='pull':
+update-forks-all cmd='pull' extra='pr':
 	just update-fork-path $EXT_PATH $cmd
 	just update-fork-path $EXTRA_FORKS_PATH $cmd
 
 # Pull the latest commits from all forks
-update-fork dep cmd='pull' mindepth='0' maxdepth='0':
-	-just update-fork-path $EXT_PATH/$dep $cmd $mindepth $maxdepth
-	-just update-fork-path $EXTRA_FORKS_PATH/$dep $cmd $mindepth $maxdepth
+update-fork dep cmd='pull' extra='pr' mindepth='0' maxdepth='0':
+	-just update-fork-path $EXT_PATH/{{dep}} {{cmd}} {{extra}} {{mindepth}} {{maxdepth}}
+	-just update-fork-path $EXTRA_FORKS_PATH/{{dep}} {{cmd}} {{extra}} {{mindepth}} {{maxdepth}}
 
-update-fork-path path cmd='pull' mindepth='0' maxdepth='1':
+update-fork-path path cmd='pull' extra='pr' mindepth='0' maxdepth='1':
 	@chmod +x git-publish.sh
-	find $path -mindepth $mindepth -maxdepth $maxdepth -type d -exec ./git-publish.sh {} $cmd \;
+	find {{path}} -mindepth {{mindepth}} -maxdepth {{maxdepth}} -type d -exec ./git-publish.sh {} {{cmd}} {{extra}} \;
 
 # Fetch locked versions of deps (Elixir and JS), including ones also cloned locally
 @deps-fetch *args='':
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ deps-git-fix:
 @git-conflicts:
 	find $EXT_PATH -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec echo add {} \; -exec git -C '{}' diff --name-only --diff-filter=U \;
 
-@git-publish:
+@git-publish dir='.' cmd='pull' extra='pr':
 	chmod +x git-publish.sh
-	./git-publish.sh
+	./git-publish.sh {{dir}} {{cmd}} {{extra}}
 
 #### TESTING RELATED COMMANDS ####