Have the ability to start a thread on the file not just the lines

[jemershaw]

the diffview does show the comment but it doesn't seem like the user can create a thread outside of the diff lines.

[ldelossa]

Can you show me what you mean here in the Github UI?

Im not immediately seeing what you mean.

We can create comments on commits, but im unaware of a "file level" commit. Could be that ive just never done this.

[rmacklin]

It's a feature they added in March:
https://github.blog/changelog/2023-03-14-comment-on-files-in-a-pull-request-public-beta/

[roshaans]

I would love this feature as well. I have a set of diffs in a PR that I would like to comment and start a thread on, but I have to first find the specific commit that made the change in order to be able to comment anything and this is a big limitation imo.

It would be a simpler workflow to

1. open the PR using gh.nvim,
2. then go to any diff on any file, and be able to call GHCreateThread which then brings up a modal filled with commits that changed the specific file ( see advanced-git-search)
3. write your thread comment on the split-screen buffer that opens up.
4. submit