In our project, we move from one stage of the application (beta/preprod/release) to another by creating a pull request between the source branch into the target one (e.g., “release/xxx” to “prod”) using the Azure devops web interface.

After selecting the source and target branches, the devops web interface presents us with a list of all work items linked with the source branch and not the target branch. We use that list to prepare the release notes and to track the deployment of work items to the various code branches.

I would like to automate the creation of that pull request from the command-line using az report pr create to limit errors and save time.

I have been able to create the pull request almost exactly like I want but one element still eludes me: instead of having all the work items from the source branch (and not in the target branch) linked to my PR, the linked work items list is empty.

Is there a way to do that using the command-line?