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+"""
+Class helps create GitHub Pull requests
+"""
+# pylint: disable=missing-class-docstring,missing-function-docstring,attribute-defined-outside-init
+import logging
+import re
+import os
+import time
+from ast import literal_eval
+
+import click
+import requests
+from git import Git, Repo
+from github import Github, GithubObject, InputGitAuthor, InputGitTreeElement
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+
+logging.basicConfig()
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option(
+    '--repo-root',
+    type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True, file_okay=False),
+    required=True,
+    help="Directory containing local copy of repository"
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--base-branch-name',
+    required=True,
+    help="Base name for branch to create. Full branch name will be like repo-tools/BASENAME-1234567."
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--target-branch',
+    required=False,
+    default="master",
+    help="Target branch against which we have to open a PR",
+)
+@click.option('--commit-message', required=True)
+@click.option('--pr-title', required=True)
+@click.option('--pr-body', required=True)
+@click.option(
+    '--user-reviewers',
+    default='',
+    help="Comma separated list of Github users to be tagged on pull requests"
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--team-reviewers',
+    default='',
+    help=("Comma separated list of Github teams to be tagged on pull requests. "
+          "NOTE: Teams must have explicit write access to the repo, or "
+          "Github will refuse to tag them.")
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--delete-old-pull-requests/--no-delete-old-pull-requests',
+    default=True,
+    help="If set, delete old branches with the same base branch name and close their PRs"
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--force-delete-old-prs/--no-force-delete-old-prs',
+    default=False,
+    help="If set, force delete old branches with the same base branch name and close their PRs"
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--draft', is_flag=True
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--output-pr-url-for-github-action/--no-output-pr-url-for-github-action',
+    default=False,
+    help="If set, print resultant PR in github action set output sytax"
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--untracked-files-required',
+    required=False,
+    help='If set, add Untracked files to the PR as well'
+)
+def main(
+    repo_root, base_branch_name, target_branch,
+    commit_message, pr_title, pr_body,
+    user_reviewers, team_reviewers,
+    delete_old_pull_requests, draft, output_pr_url_for_github_action,
+    untracked_files_required, force_delete_old_prs
+):
+    """
+    Create a pull request with these changes in the repo.
+
+    Required environment variables:
+
+    - GITHUB_TOKEN
+    - GITHUB_USER_EMAIL
+    """
+    creator = PullRequestCreator(
+        repo_root=repo_root,
+        branch_name=base_branch_name,
+        target_branch=target_branch,
+        commit_message=commit_message,
+        pr_title=pr_title, pr_body=pr_body,
+        user_reviewers=user_reviewers,
+        team_reviewers=team_reviewers,
+        draft=draft,
+        output_pr_url_for_github_action=output_pr_url_for_github_action,
+        force_delete_old_prs=force_delete_old_prs
+    )
+    creator.create(delete_old_pull_requests, untracked_files_required)
+
+
+class GitHubHelper:  # pylint: disable=missing-class-docstring
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._set_github_token()
+        self._set_user_email()
+        self._set_github_instance()
+        self.AUTOMERGE_ACTION_VAR = 'AUTOMERGE_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES_UPGRADES_PR'
+
+    # FIXME: Does nothing, sets variable to None if env var missing
+    def _set_github_token(self):
+        try:
+            self.github_token = os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Could not find env variable GITHUB_TOKEN. "
+                "Please make sure the variable is set and try again."
+            ) from error
+
+    # FIXME: Does nothing, sets variable to None if env var missing
+    def _set_user_email(self):
+        try:
+            self.github_user_email = os.environ.get('GITHUB_USER_EMAIL')
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Could not find env variable GITHUB_USER_EMAIL. "
+                "Please make sure the variable is set and try again."
+            ) from error
+
+    def _set_github_instance(self):
+        try:
+            self.github_instance = Github(self.github_token)
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Failed connecting to Github. " +
+                "Please make sure the github token is accurate and try again."
+            ) from error
+
+    def _add_reason(self, req, reason):
+        req['reason'] = reason
+        return req
+
+    def _add_comment_about_reqs(self, pr, summary, reqs):
+        separator = "\n"
+        pr.create_issue_comment(
+            f"{summary}.</br> \n {separator.join(self.make_readable_string(req) for req in reqs)}"
+        )
+
+    def get_github_instance(self):
+        return self.github_instance
+
+    def get_github_token(self):
+        return self.github_token
+
+    # FIXME: Probably can end up picking repo from wrong org if two
+    # repos have the same name in different orgs.
+    #
+    # Use repo_from_remote instead, and delete this when no longer in use.
+    def connect_to_repo(self, github_instance, repo_name):
+        """
+        Get the repository object of the desired repo.
+        """
+        repos_list = github_instance.get_user().get_repos()
+        for repo in repos_list:
+            if repo.name == repo_name:
+                return repo
+
+        raise Exception(
+            "Could not connect to the repository: {}. "
+            "Please make sure you are using the correct "
+            "credentials and try again.".format(repo_name)
+        )
+
+    def repo_from_remote(self, repo_root, remote_name_allow_list=None):
+        """
+        Get the repository object for a repository with a Github remote.
+
+        Optionally restrict the remotes under consideration by passing a list
+        of names as``remote_name_allow_list``, e.g. ``['origin']``.
+        """
+        patterns = [
+            r"git@github\.com:(?P<name>[^/?#]+/[^/?#]+?).git",
+            # Non-greedy match for repo name so that optional .git on
+            # end is not included in repo name match.
+            r"https?://(www\.)?github\.com/(?P<name>[^/?#]+/[^/?#]+?)(/|\.git)?"
+        ]
+        for remote in Repo(repo_root).remotes:
+            if remote_name_allow_list and remote.name not in remote_name_allow_list:
+                continue
+            for url in remote.urls:
+                for pattern in patterns:
+                    m = re.fullmatch(pattern, url)
+                    if m:
+                        fullname = m.group('name')
+                        logger.info("Discovered repo %s in remotes", fullname)
+                        return self.github_instance.get_repo(fullname)
+        raise Exception("Could not find a Github URL among repo's remotes")
+
+    def branch_exists(self, repository, branch_name):
+        """
+        Checks to see if this branch name already exists
+        """
+        try:
+            repository.get_branch(branch_name)
+        except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def get_current_commit(self, repo_root):
+        """
+        Get current commit ID of repo at repo_root.
+        """
+        return Git(repo_root).rev_parse('HEAD')
+
+    def get_updated_files_list(self, repo_root, untracked_files_required=False):
+        """
+        Use the Git library to run the ls-files command to find
+        the list of files updated.
+        """
+        git_instance = Git(repo_root)
+        git_instance.init()
+
+        if untracked_files_required:
+            modified_files = git_instance.ls_files("--modified")
+            untracked_files = git_instance.ls_files("--others", "--exclude-standard")
+            updated_files = modified_files + '\n' + untracked_files \
+                if (len(modified_files) > 0 and len(untracked_files) > 0) \
+                else modified_files + untracked_files
+
+        else:
+            updated_files = git_instance.ls_files("--modified")
+
+        if len(updated_files) > 0:
+            return updated_files.split("\n")
+        else:
+            return []
+
+    def create_branch(self, repository, branch_name, sha):
+        """
+        Create a new branch with the given sha as its head.
+        """
+        try:
+            branch_object = repository.create_git_ref(branch_name, sha)
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Unable to create git branch: {}. "
+                "Check to make sure this branch doesn't already exist.".format(branch_name)
+            ) from error
+        return branch_object
+
+    def close_existing_pull_requests(self, repository, user_login, user_name, target_branch='master',
+                                     branch_name_filter=None):
+        """
+        Close any existing PR's by the bot user in this PR. This will help
+        reduce clutter, since any old PR's will be obsolete.
+        If function branch_name_filter is specified, it will be called with
+        branch names of PRs. The PR will only be closed when the function
+        returns true.
+        """
+        pulls = repository.get_pulls(state="open")
+        deleted_pull_numbers = []
+        for pr in pulls:
+            user = pr.user
+            if user.login == user_login and user.name == user_name and pr.base.ref == target_branch:
+                branch_name = pr.head.ref
+                if branch_name_filter and not branch_name_filter(branch_name):
+                    continue
+                logger.info("Deleting PR: #%s", pr.number)
+                pr.create_issue_comment("Closing obsolete PR.")
+                pr.edit(state="closed")
+                deleted_pull_numbers.append(pr.number)
+
+                self.delete_branch(repository, branch_name)
+        return deleted_pull_numbers
+
+    def create_pull_request(self, repository, title, body, base, head, user_reviewers=GithubObject.NotSet,
+                            team_reviewers=GithubObject.NotSet, verify_reviewers=True, draft=False):
+        """
+        Create a new pull request with the changes in head. And tag a list of teams
+        for a review.
+        """
+        try:
+            pull_request = repository.create_pull(
+                title=title,
+                body=body,
+                base=base,
+                head=head,
+                draft=draft
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+
+        try:
+            any_reviewers = (user_reviewers is not GithubObject.NotSet or team_reviewers is not GithubObject.NotSet)
+            if any_reviewers:
+                logger.info("Tagging reviewers: users=%s and teams=%s", user_reviewers, team_reviewers)
+                pull_request.create_review_request(
+                    reviewers=user_reviewers,
+                    team_reviewers=team_reviewers,
+                )
+                if verify_reviewers:
+                    # Sometimes GitHub can't find the pull request we just made.
+                    # Try waiting a moment before asking about it.
+                    time.sleep(5)
+                    self.verify_reviewers_tagged(pull_request, user_reviewers, team_reviewers)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Some reviewers could not be tagged on new PR "
+                "https://github.com/{}/pull/{}".format(repository.full_name, pull_request.number)
+            ) from e
+
+        # it's a discovery work that's why only enabled for repo-health-data.
+        if pull_request.title == 'Python Requirements Update':
+            self.verify_upgrade_packages(pull_request)
+
+        return pull_request
+
+    def verify_reviewers_tagged(self, pull_request, requested_users, requested_teams):
+        """
+        Assert if the reviewers we requested were tagged on the PR for review.
+
+        Considerations:
+
+        - Teams cannot be tagged on a PR unless that team has explicit write
+          access to the repo.
+        - Github may have independently tagged additional users or teams
+          based on a CODEOWNERS file.
+        """
+        tagged_for_review = pull_request.get_review_requests()
+
+        tagged_users = [user.login for user in tagged_for_review[0]]
+        if not (requested_users is GithubObject.NotSet or set(requested_users) <= set(tagged_users)):
+            logger.info("User taggging failure: Requested %s, actually tagged %s", requested_users, tagged_users)
+            raise Exception('Some of the requested reviewers were not tagged on PR for review')
+
+        tagged_teams = [team.name for team in tagged_for_review[1]]
+        if not (requested_teams is GithubObject.NotSet or set(requested_teams) <= set(tagged_teams)):
+            logger.info("Team taggging failure: Requested %s, actually tagged %s", requested_teams, tagged_teams)
+            raise Exception('Some of the requested teams were not tagged on PR for review')
+
+    def verify_upgrade_packages(self, pull_request):
+        """
+        Iterate on pull request diff and parse the packages and check the versions.
+        If all versions are upgrading then add a label ready for auto merge. In case of any downgrade package
+        add a comment on PR.
+        """
+        location = None
+        location = pull_request._headers['location']    # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        logger.info(location)
+
+        if not location:
+            return
+
+        logger.info('Hitting pull request for difference')
+        headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3.diff", "Authorization": f'Bearer {self.github_token}'}
+
+        load_content = requests.get(location, headers=headers, timeout=5)
+        txt = ''
+        time.sleep(3)
+        logger.info(load_content.status_code)
+
+        if load_content.status_code == 200:
+            txt = load_content.content.decode('utf-8')
+            valid_reqs, suspicious_reqs = self.compare_pr_differnce(txt)
+
+            self._add_comment_about_reqs(pull_request, "List of packages in the PR without any issue", valid_reqs)
+
+            if not suspicious_reqs and valid_reqs:
+                if self.check_automerge_variable_value(location):
+                    pull_request.set_labels('Ready to Merge')
+                    logger.info("Total valid upgrades are %s", valid_reqs)
+            else:
+                self._add_comment_about_reqs(pull_request, "These Packages need manual review.", suspicious_reqs)
+
+        else:
+            logger.info("No package available for comparison.")
+
+    def check_automerge_variable_value(self, location):
+        """
+        Check whether repository has the `AUTOMERGE_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES_UPGRADES_PR` variable
+        with `True` value exists.
+        """
+        link = location.split('pulls')
+        get_repo_variable = link[0] + 'actions/variables/' + self.AUTOMERGE_ACTION_VAR
+        logger.info('Hitting repository to check AUTOMERGE_ACTION_VAR settings.')
+
+        headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json", "Authorization": f'Bearer {self.github_token}'}
+        load_content = requests.get(get_repo_variable, headers=headers, timeout=5)
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+        if load_content.status_code == 200:
+            val = literal_eval(load_content.json()['value'])
+            logger.info(f"AUTOMERGE_ACTION_VAR value is {val}")
+            return val
+
+        return False
+
+    def compare_pr_differnce(self, txt):
+        """ Parse the content and extract packages for comparison. """
+        regex = re.compile(r"(?P<change>[\-\+])(?P<name>[\w][\w\-\[\]]+)==(?P<version>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?(\.[\w]+)?)")
+        reqs = {}
+        if not txt:
+            return [], []
+
+        # skipping zeroth index  as it will be empty
+        files = txt.split("diff --git")[1:]
+        for file in files:
+            lines = file.split("\n")
+            filename_match = re.search(r"[\w\-\_]*.txt", lines[0])
+            if not filename_match:
+                continue
+            filename = filename_match[0]
+            reqs[filename] = {}
+            for line in lines:
+                match = re.match(regex, line)
+                if match:
+                    groups = match.groupdict()
+                    keys = ('new_version', 'old_version') if groups['change'] == '+' \
+                        else ('old_version', 'new_version')
+                    if groups['name'] in reqs[filename]:
+                        reqs[filename][groups['name']][keys[0]] = groups['version']
+                    else:
+                        reqs[filename][groups['name']] = {keys[0]: groups['version'], keys[1]: None}
+        combined_reqs = []
+        for file, lst in reqs.items():
+            for name, versions in lst.items():
+                combined_reqs.append(
+                    {"name": name, 'old_version': versions['old_version'], 'new_version': versions['new_version']}
+                )
+
+        unique_reqs = [dict(s) for s in set(frozenset(d.items()) for d in combined_reqs)]
+        valid_reqs = []
+        suspicious_reqs = []
+        for req in unique_reqs:
+            if req['new_version'] and req['old_version']:  # if both values exits then do version comparison
+                old_version = Version(req['old_version'])
+                new_version = Version(req['new_version'])
+
+                # skip, if the package location is changed in txt file only and both versions are same
+                if old_version == new_version:
+                    continue
+                if new_version > old_version:
+                    if new_version.major == old_version.major:
+                        valid_reqs.append(req)
+                    else:
+                        suspicious_reqs.append(self._add_reason(req, "MAJOR"))
+                else:
+                    suspicious_reqs.append(self._add_reason(req, "DOWNGRADE"))
+            else:
+                if req['new_version']:
+                    suspicious_reqs.append(self._add_reason(req, "NEW"))
+                else:
+                    suspicious_reqs.append(self._add_reason(req, "REMOVED"))
+
+        return sorted(valid_reqs, key=lambda d: d['name']), sorted(suspicious_reqs, key=lambda d: d['name'])
+
+    def make_readable_string(self, req):
+        """making string for readability"""
+        if 'reason' in req:
+            if req['reason'] == 'NEW':
+                return f"- **[{req['reason']}]**  `{req['name']}`" \
+                       f" (`{req['new_version']}`) added to the requirements"
+            if req['reason'] == 'REMOVED':
+                return f"- **[{req['reason']}]**  `{req['name']}`" \
+                       f" (`{req['old_version']}`) removed from the requirements"
+            # either major version bump or downgraded
+            return f"- **[{req['reason']}]** `{req['name']}` " \
+                   f"changes from `{req['old_version']}` to `{req['new_version']}`"
+        # valid requirement
+        return f"- `{req['name']}` changes from `{req['old_version']}` to `{req['new_version']}`"
+
+    def delete_branch(self, repository, branch_name):
+        """
+        Delete a branch from a repository.
+        """
+        logger.info("Deleting Branch: %s", branch_name)
+        try:
+            ref = "heads/{}".format(branch_name)
+            branch_object = repository.get_git_ref(ref)
+            branch_object.delete()
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Failed to delete branch"
+            ) from error
+
+    def get_file_contents(self, repo_root, file_path):
+        """
+        Return contents of local file
+        """
+        try:
+            full_file_path = os.path.join(repo_root, file_path)
+            with open(full_file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as opened_file:
+                data = opened_file.read()
+        except Exception as error:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Unable to read file: {}".format(file_path)
+            ) from error
+
+        return data
+
+    # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
+    def update_list_of_files(self, repository, repo_root, file_path_list, commit_message, sha, username):
+        input_trees_list = []
+        base_git_tree = repository.get_git_tree(sha)
+        for file_path in file_path_list:
+            content = self.get_file_contents(repo_root, file_path)
+            input_tree = InputGitTreeElement(file_path, "100644", "blob", content=content)
+            input_trees_list.append(input_tree)
+        if len(input_trees_list) > 0:
+            new_git_tree = repository.create_git_tree(input_trees_list, base_tree=base_git_tree)
+            parents = [repository.get_git_commit(sha)]
+            author = InputGitAuthor(username, self.github_user_email)
+            commit_sha = repository.create_git_commit(
+                commit_message, new_git_tree, parents, author=author, committer=author
+            ).sha
+            return commit_sha
+
+        return None
+
+
+class PullRequestCreator:
+
+    def __init__(self, repo_root, branch_name, user_reviewers, team_reviewers, commit_message, pr_title,
+                 pr_body, target_branch='master', draft=False, output_pr_url_for_github_action=False,
+                 force_delete_old_prs=False):
+        self.branch_name = branch_name
+        self.pr_body = pr_body
+        self.pr_title = pr_title
+        self.commit_message = commit_message
+        self.team_reviewers = team_reviewers
+        self.user_reviewers = user_reviewers
+        self.repo_root = repo_root
+        self.target_branch = target_branch
+        self.draft = draft
+        self.output_pr_url_for_github_action = output_pr_url_for_github_action
+        self.force_delete_old_prs = force_delete_old_prs
+
+    github_helper = GitHubHelper()
+
+    def _get_github_instance(self):
+        return self.github_helper.get_github_instance()
+
+    def _get_user(self):
+        return self.github_instance.get_user()
+
+    def _set_repository(self):
+        self.repository = self.github_helper.repo_from_remote(self.repo_root, ['origin'])
+
+    def _set_updated_files_list(self, untracked_files_required=False):
+        self.updated_files_list = self.github_helper.get_updated_files_list(self.repo_root, untracked_files_required)
+
+    def _create_branch(self, commit_sha):
+        self.github_helper.create_branch(self.repository, self.branch, commit_sha)
+
+    def _set_github_data(self, untracked_files_required=False):
+        logger.info("Authenticating with Github")
+        self.github_instance = self._get_github_instance()
+        self.user = self._get_user()
+
+        logger.info("Trying to connect to repo")
+        self._set_repository()
+        logger.info("Connected to %s", self.repository)
+        self._set_updated_files_list(untracked_files_required)
+        self.base_sha = self.github_helper.get_current_commit(self.repo_root)
+        self.branch = "refs/heads/repo-tools/{}-{}".format(self.branch_name, self.base_sha[:7])
+
+    def _branch_exists(self):
+        return self.github_helper.branch_exists(self.repository, self.branch)
+
+    def _create_new_branch(self):
+        logger.info("updated files: %s", self.updated_files_list)
+        commit_sha = self.github_helper.update_list_of_files(
+            self.repository,
+            self.repo_root,
+            self.updated_files_list,
+            self.commit_message,
+            self.base_sha,
+            self.user.name
+        )
+        self._create_branch(commit_sha)
+
+    def _create_new_pull_request(self):
+        # If there are reviewers to be added, split them into python lists
+        if isinstance(self.user_reviewers, str) and self.user_reviewers:
+            user_reviewers = self.user_reviewers.split(',')
+        else:
+            user_reviewers = GithubObject.NotSet
+
+        if isinstance(self.team_reviewers, str) and self.team_reviewers:
+            team_reviewers = self.team_reviewers.split(',')
+        else:
+            team_reviewers = GithubObject.NotSet
+
+        pr = self.github_helper.create_pull_request(
+            self.repository,
+            self.pr_title,
+            self.pr_body,
+            self.target_branch,
+            self.branch,
+            user_reviewers=user_reviewers,
+            team_reviewers=team_reviewers,
+            # TODO: Remove hardcoded check in favor of a new --verify-reviewers CLI option
+            verify_reviewers=self.branch_name != 'cleanup-python-code',
+            draft=self.draft
+        )
+        logger.info(
+            "Created PR: https://github.com/%s/pull/%s",
+            self.repository.full_name,
+            pr.number,
+        )
+        if self.output_pr_url_for_github_action:
+            # using print rather than logger to avoid the logger
+            # prepending anything past which github actions wouldn't parse
+            print(f'::set-output name=generated_pr::https://github.com/{self.repository.full_name}/pull/{pr.number}')
+
+    def delete_old_pull_requests(self):
+        logger.info("Checking if there's any old pull requests to delete")
+        # Only delete old PRs with the same base name
+        # The prefix used to be 'jenkins' before we changed it to 'repo-tools'
+        filter_pattern = "(jenkins|repo-tools)/{}-[a-zA-Z0-9]*".format(re.escape(self.branch_name))
+        deleted_pulls = self.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests(
+            self.repository, self.user.login,
+            self.user.name, self.target_branch,
+            branch_name_filter=lambda name: re.fullmatch(filter_pattern, name)
+        )
+
+        for num, deleted_pull_number in enumerate(deleted_pulls):
+            if num == 0:
+                self.pr_body += "\n\nDeleted obsolete pull_requests:"
+            self.pr_body += "\nhttps://github.com/{}/pull/{}".format(self.repository.full_name,
+                                                                     deleted_pull_number)
+
+    def _delete_old_branch(self):
+        logger.info("Deleting existing old branch with same name")
+        branch_name = self.branch.split('/', 2)[2]
+        self.github_helper.delete_branch(self.repository, branch_name)
+
+    def create(self, delete_old_pull_requests, untracked_files_required=False):
+        self._set_github_data(untracked_files_required)
+
+        if not self.updated_files_list:
+            logger.info("No changes needed")
+            return
+
+        if self.force_delete_old_prs or delete_old_pull_requests:
+            self.delete_old_pull_requests()
+            if self._branch_exists():
+                self._delete_old_branch()
+
+        elif self._branch_exists():
+            logger.info("Branch for this sha already exists")
+            return
+
+        self._create_new_branch()
+
+        self._create_new_pull_request()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(auto_envvar_prefix="PR_CREATOR")  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
diff --git a/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.in b/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f0afcd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# additional dependencies needed by pull_request_creator
+
+-c ../../requirements/constraints.txt
+
+PyGithub
+packaging             # used in create pull request script to compare package versions
diff --git a/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.txt b/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71e0c18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    make upgrade
+#
+certifi==2024.2.2
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   requests
+cffi==1.16.0
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   cryptography
+    #   pynacl
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   requests
+cryptography==42.0.7
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   pyjwt
+deprecated==1.2.14
+    # via pygithub
+idna==3.7
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   requests
+packaging==24.0
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   -r edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.in
+pycparser==2.22
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   cffi
+pygithub==2.3.0
+    # via -r edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/extra.in
+pyjwt[crypto]==2.8.0
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   pygithub
+pynacl==1.5.0
+    # via pygithub
+requests==2.32.2
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   pygithub
+typing-extensions==4.11.0
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   pygithub
+urllib3==2.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/base.txt
+    #   -c edx_repo_tools/pull_request_creator/../../requirements/development.txt
+    #   pygithub
+    #   requests
+wrapt==1.16.0
+    # via deprecated
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9821e81e..f89fc4a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def is_requirement(line):
             'modernize_travis = edx_repo_tools.codemods.django3.travis_modernizer:main',
             'no_yaml = edx_repo_tools.ospr.no_yaml:no_yaml',
             'oep2 = edx_repo_tools.oep2:_cli',
+            'pull_request_creator = edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator:main',
             'remove_python2_unicode_compatible = edx_repo_tools.codemods.django3.remove_python2_unicode_compatible:main',
             'replace_render_to_response = edx_repo_tools.codemods.django3.replace_render_to_response:main',
             'replace_static = edx_repo_tools.codemods.django3.replace_static:main',
diff --git a/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/diff.txt b/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/diff.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a77487ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/diff.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
+index e94bd48..132b72b 100644
+--- a/requirements/base.txt
++++ b/requirements/base.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ iniconfig==1.1.1
+     # via pytest
+ numpy==1.23.5
+     # via pandas
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via pytest
+ pandas==1.5.2
+     # via -r requirements/base.in
+ pluggy==1.0.0
+     # via pytest
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via packaging
+ pytest==7.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/base.in
+diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
+index 2259a89..7e171fa 100644
+--- a/requirements/dev.txt
++++ b/requirements/dev.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -19,12 +19,19 @@ build==0.9.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
+     #   pip-tools
+-certifi==2022.9.24
++cachetools==5.2.0
++    # via
++    #   -r requirements/travis.txt
++    #   tox
++certifi==2022.12.7
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   requests
+-chardet==5.0.0
+-    # via diff-cover
++chardet==5.1.0
++    # via
++    #   -r requirements/travis.txt
++    #   diff-cover
++    #   tox
+ charset-normalizer==2.1.1
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+@@ -47,6 +54,10 @@ code-annotations==1.3.0
+     #   edx-lint
+ codecov==2.1.12
+     # via -r requirements/travis.txt
++colorama==0.4.6
++    # via
++    #   -r requirements/travis.txt
++    #   tox
+ coverage[toml]==6.5.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ exceptiongroup==1.0.4
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   pytest
+-filelock==3.8.0
++filelock==3.8.2
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   tox
+@@ -113,12 +124,13 @@ numpy==1.23.5
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   pandas
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   build
++    #   pyproject-api
+     #   pytest
+     #   tox
+ pandas==1.5.2
+@@ -133,13 +145,14 @@ pep517==0.13.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
+     #   build
+-pip-tools==6.10.0
++pip-tools==6.11.0
+     # via -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
+-platformdirs==2.5.4
++platformdirs==2.6.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   pylint
++    #   tox
+     #   virtualenv
+ pluggy==1.0.0
+     # via
+@@ -150,17 +163,13 @@ pluggy==1.0.0
+     #   tox
+ polib==1.1.1
+     # via edx-i18n-tools
+-py==1.11.0
+-    # via
+-    #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+-    #   tox
+ pycodestyle==2.10.0
+     # via -r requirements/quality.txt
+ pydocstyle==6.1.1
+     # via -r requirements/quality.txt
+ pygments==2.13.0
+     # via diff-cover
+-pylint==2.15.7
++pylint==2.15.8
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   edx-lint
+@@ -180,12 +189,10 @@ pylint-plugin-utils==0.7
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   pylint-celery
+     #   pylint-django
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
++pyproject-api==1.2.1
+     # via
+-    #   -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
+-    #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+-    #   packaging
++    #   tox
+ pytest==7.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+@@ -228,10 +235,8 @@ requests==2.28.1
+ six==1.16.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+-    #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   edx-lint
+     #   python-dateutil
+-    #   tox
+ snowballstemmer==2.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+@@ -255,13 +260,14 @@ tomli==2.0.1
+     #   coverage
+     #   pep517
+     #   pylint
++    #   pyproject-api
+     #   pytest
+     #   tox
+ tomlkit==0.11.6
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
+     #   pylint
+-tox==3.27.1
++tox==4.0.2
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   tox-battery
+@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ urllib3==1.26.13
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   requests
+-virtualenv==20.17.0
++virtualenv==20.17.1
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.txt
+     #   tox
+diff --git a/requirements/doc.txt b/requirements/doc.txt
+index ae644b7..e91647e 100644
+--- a/requirements/doc.txt
++++ b/requirements/doc.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ babel==2.11.0
+     # via sphinx
+ bleach==5.0.1
+     # via readme-renderer
+-certifi==2022.9.24
++certifi==2022.12.7
+     # via requests
+ charset-normalizer==2.1.1
+     # via requests
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ numpy==1.23.5
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+     #   pandas
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+     #   pytest
+@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ pygments==2.13.0
+     #   doc8
+     #   readme-renderer
+     #   sphinx
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via
+-    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+-    #   packaging
+ pytest==7.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+diff --git a/requirements/pip-tools.txt b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
+index 33e5fff..6a926f1 100644
+--- a/requirements/pip-tools.txt
++++ b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
+@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ build==0.9.0
+     # via pip-tools
+ click==8.1.3
+     # via pip-tools
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via build
+ pep517==0.13.0
+     # via build
+-pip-tools==6.10.0
++pip-tools==6.11.0
+     # via -r requirements/pip-tools.in
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via packaging
+ tomli==2.0.1
+     # via
+     #   build
+diff --git a/requirements/quality.txt b/requirements/quality.txt
+index 496785e..70f135b 100644
+--- a/requirements/quality.txt
++++ b/requirements/quality.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ numpy==1.23.5
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+     #   pandas
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+     #   pytest
+@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pbr==5.11.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+     #   stevedore
+-platformdirs==2.5.4
++platformdirs==2.6.0
+     # via pylint
+ pluggy==1.0.0
+     # via
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pycodestyle==2.10.0
+     # via -r requirements/quality.in
+ pydocstyle==6.1.1
+     # via -r requirements/quality.in
+-pylint==2.15.7
++pylint==2.15.8
+     # via
+     #   edx-lint
+     #   pylint-celery
+@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ pylint-plugin-utils==0.7
+     # via
+     #   pylint-celery
+     #   pylint-django
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via
+-    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+-    #   packaging
+ pytest==7.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
+index adee822..407a915 100644
+--- a/requirements/test.txt
++++ b/requirements/test.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ numpy==1.23.5
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/base.txt
+     #   pandas
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==22.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/base.txt
+     #   pytest
+@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ pluggy==1.0.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/base.txt
+     #   pytest
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via
+-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+-    #   packaging
+ pytest==7.2.0
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/base.txt
+diff --git a/requirements/travis.txt b/requirements/travis.txt
+index 284c0b0..191d25a 100644
+--- a/requirements/travis.txt
++++ b/requirements/travis.txt
+@@ -1,42 +1,50 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+-certifi==2022.9.24
++cachetools==5.2.0
++    # via tox
++certifi==2022.12.7
+     # via requests
++codecov==2.1.12
++    # via -r requirements/travis.in
++chardet==5.1.0
++    # via tox
+ charset-normalizer==2.1.1
+     # via requests
+-codecov==2.1.12
+-    # via -r requirements/travis.in
++colorama==0.4.6
++    # via tox
+ coverage==6.5.0
+     # via codecov
+ distlib==0.3.6
+     # via virtualenv
+-filelock==3.8.0
++filelock==3.8.2
+     # via
+     #   tox
+     #   virtualenv
+ idna==3.4
+     # via requests
+-packaging==21.3
+-    # via tox
+-platformdirs==2.5.4
+-    # via virtualenv
++packaging==22.0
++    # via
++    #   pyproject-api
++    #   tox
++platformdirs==2.6.0
++    # via
++    #   tox
++    #   virtualenv
+ pluggy==1.0.0
+     # via tox
+-py==1.11.0
++pyproject-api==1.2.1
+     # via tox
+-pyparsing==3.0.9
+-    # via packaging
+ requests==2.28.1
+     # via codecov
+-six==1.16.0
+-    # via tox
+ tomli==2.0.1
+-    # via tox
+-tox==3.27.1
++    # via
++    #   pyproject-api
++    #   tox
++tox==4.0.2
+     # via
+     #   -r requirements/travis.in
+     #   tox-battery
+@@ -44,5 +52,5 @@ tox-battery==0.6.1
+     # via -r requirements/travis.in
+ urllib3==1.26.13
+     # via requests
+-virtualenv==20.17.0
++virtualenv==20.17.1
+     # via tox
diff --git a/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/minor_diff.txt b/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/minor_diff.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..905159ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pull_request_creator_test_data/minor_diff.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
+index e94bd48..132b72b 100644
+--- a/requirements/base.txt
++++ b/requirements/base.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #
+-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.8
+-# To update, run:
++# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
++# by the following command:
+ #
+ #    make upgrade
+ #
+@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ iniconfig==1.1.1
+-packaging==21.3
++packaging==21.6
+
diff --git a/tests/test_pull_request_creator.py b/tests/test_pull_request_creator.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2856511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pull_request_creator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring,missing-class-docstring
+
+from os import path
+from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, mock_open, patch
+
+from edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator import GitHubHelper, PullRequestCreator
+
+
+class HelpersTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def test_close_existing_pull_requests(self):
+        """
+        Make sure we close only PR's by the correct author.
+        """
+
+        incorrect_pr_one = Mock()
+        incorrect_pr_one.user.name = "Not John"
+        incorrect_pr_one.user.login = "notJohn"
+        incorrect_pr_one.number = 1
+        incorrect_pr_one.head.ref = "incorrect-branch-name"
+        incorrect_pr_one.base.ref = "master"
+
+        incorrect_pr_two = Mock()
+        incorrect_pr_two.user.name = "John Smith"
+        incorrect_pr_two.user.login = "johnsmithiscool100"
+        incorrect_pr_two.number = 2
+        incorrect_pr_two.head.ref = "incorrect-branch-name-2"
+        incorrect_pr_two.base.ref = "master"
+
+        incorrect_pr_three = Mock()
+        incorrect_pr_three.user.name = "John Smith"
+        incorrect_pr_three.user.login = "fakeuser100"
+        incorrect_pr_three.number = 5
+        incorrect_pr_three.head.ref = "jenkins/upgrade-python-requirements-ce0515e"
+        incorrect_pr_three.base.ref = "some-other-branch"
+
+        correct_pr_one = Mock()
+        correct_pr_one.user.name = "John Smith"
+        correct_pr_one.user.login = "fakeuser100"
+        correct_pr_one.number = 3
+        correct_pr_one.head.ref = "repo-tools/upgrade-python-requirements-ce0515e"
+        correct_pr_one.base.ref = "master"
+
+        correct_pr_two = Mock()
+        correct_pr_two.user.name = "John Smith"
+        correct_pr_two.user.login = "fakeuser100"
+        correct_pr_two.number = 4
+        correct_pr_two.head.ref = "repo-tools/upgrade-python-requirements-0c51f37"
+        correct_pr_two.base.ref = "master"
+
+        mock_repo = Mock()
+        mock_repo.get_pulls = MagicMock(return_value=[
+            incorrect_pr_one,
+            incorrect_pr_two,
+            incorrect_pr_three,
+            correct_pr_one,
+            correct_pr_two
+        ])
+
+        deleted_pulls = GitHubHelper().close_existing_pull_requests(mock_repo, "fakeuser100", "John Smith")
+        assert deleted_pulls == [3, 4]
+        assert not incorrect_pr_one.edit.called
+        assert not incorrect_pr_two.edit.called
+        assert not incorrect_pr_three.edit.called
+        assert correct_pr_one.edit.called
+        assert correct_pr_two.edit.called
+
+    def test_get_updated_files_list_no_change(self):
+        git_instance = Mock()
+        git_instance.ls_files = MagicMock(return_value="")
+        with patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.Git', return_value=git_instance):
+            result = GitHubHelper().get_updated_files_list("edx-platform")
+            assert result == []
+
+    def test_get_updated_files_list_with_changes(self):
+        git_instance = Mock()
+        git_instance.ls_files = MagicMock(return_value="file1\nfile2")
+        with patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.Git', return_value=git_instance):
+            result = GitHubHelper().get_updated_files_list("edx-platform")
+            assert result == ["file1", "file2"]
+
+    def test_update_list_of_files_no_change(self):
+        repo_mock = Mock()
+        repo_root = "../../edx-platform"
+        file_path_list = []
+        commit_message = "commit"
+        sha = "abc123"
+        username = "fakeusername100"
+
+        return_sha = GitHubHelper().update_list_of_files(repo_mock, repo_root, file_path_list, commit_message, sha,
+                                                         username)
+        assert return_sha is None
+        assert not repo_mock.create_git_tree.called
+        assert not repo_mock.create_git_commit.called
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.get_file_contents',
+           return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.InputGitAuthor',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.InputGitTreeElement',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def test_update_list_of_files_with_changes(self, get_file_contents_mock, author_mock, git_tree_mock):
+        repo_mock = Mock()
+        repo_root = "../../edx-platform"
+        file_path_list = ["path/to/file1", "path/to/file2"]
+        commit_message = "commit"
+        sha = "abc123"
+        username = "fakeusername100"
+
+        return_sha = GitHubHelper().update_list_of_files(repo_mock, repo_root, file_path_list, commit_message, sha,
+                                                         username)
+        assert repo_mock.create_git_tree.called
+        assert repo_mock.create_git_commit.called
+        assert return_sha is not None
+    # pylint: enable=unused-argument
+
+    def test_get_file_contents(self):
+        with patch("builtins.open", mock_open(read_data="data")) as mock_file:
+            contents = GitHubHelper().get_file_contents("../../edx-platform", "path/to/file")
+            mock_file.assert_called_with("../../edx-platform/path/to/file", "r", encoding='utf-8')
+            assert contents == "data"
+
+
+class UpgradePythonRequirementsPullRequestTestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test Case class for PR creator.
+    """
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests',
+           return_value=[])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.delete_branch', return_value=None)
+    def test_no_changes(self, delete_branch_mock, get_user_mock, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+                        update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, current_commit_mock,
+                        modified_list_mock, repo_mock, authenticate_mock,
+                        close_existing_prs_mock):
+        """
+        Ensure a merge with no changes to db files will not result in any updates.
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR')
+        pull_request_creator.create(True)
+
+        assert authenticate_mock.called
+        assert repo_mock.called
+        assert modified_list_mock.called
+        assert not branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert not create_branch_mock.called
+        assert not update_files_mock.called
+        assert not create_pr_mock.called
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests',
+           return_value=[])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list',
+           return_value=["requirements/edx/base.txt", "requirements/edx/coverage.txt"])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=False)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.delete_branch', return_value=None)
+    def test_changes(self, delete_branch_mock, get_user_mock, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+                     update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, current_commit_mock,
+                     modified_list_mock, repo_mock, authenticate_mock,
+                     close_existing_prs_mock):
+        """
+        Ensure a merge with no changes to db files will not result in any updates.
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR')
+        pull_request_creator.create(True)
+
+        assert branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert create_branch_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(create_branch_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert update_files_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(update_files_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert create_pr_mock.called
+
+        create_pr_mock.title = "Python Requirements Update"
+        create_pr_mock.diff_url = "/"
+        create_pr_mock.repository.name = 'repo-health-data'
+
+        basepath = path.dirname(__file__)
+
+        filepath = path.abspath(path.join(basepath, "pull_request_creator_test_data", "diff.txt"))
+        with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+            content = f.read().encode('utf-8')
+            with patch('requests.get') as mock_request:
+                mock_request.return_value.content = content
+                mock_request.return_value.status_code = 200
+                GitHubHelper().verify_upgrade_packages(create_pr_mock)
+            assert create_pr_mock.create_issue_comment.called
+            assert not delete_branch_mock.called
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list',
+           return_value=["requirements/edx/base.txt", "requirements/edx/coverage.txt"])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    # all above this unused params, no need to interact with those mocks
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=False)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('builtins.print')
+    def test_outputs_url_on_success(self, print_mock, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+                                    update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, *args):
+        """
+        Ensure that a successful run outputs the URL consumable by github actions
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR', output_pr_url_for_github_action=True)
+        pull_request_creator.create(False)
+
+        assert branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert create_branch_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(create_branch_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert update_files_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(update_files_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert create_pr_mock.called
+        assert print_mock.call_count == 1
+        found_matching_call = False
+        for call in print_mock.call_args_list:
+            if 'set-output' in call.args[0]:
+                found_matching_call = True
+        assert found_matching_call
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests',
+           return_value=[])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list',
+           return_value=["requirements/edx/base.txt", "requirements/edx/coverage.txt"])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=True)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.delete_branch', return_value=None)
+    def test_branch_exists(self, delete_branch_mock, get_user_mock, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+                           update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, current_commit_mock,
+                           modified_list_mock, repo_mock, authenticate_mock,
+                           close_existing_prs_mock):
+        """
+        Ensure if a branch exists and delete_old_pull_requests is set to False, then there are no updates.
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR')
+        pull_request_creator.create(False)
+
+        assert branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert not create_branch_mock.called
+        assert not create_pr_mock.called
+        assert not delete_branch_mock.called
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests',
+           return_value=[])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list',
+           return_value=["requirements/edx/base.txt", "requirements/edx/coverage.txt"])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    # all above this unused params, no need to interact with those mocks
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=True)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.delete_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('builtins.print')
+    def test_branch_deletion(self, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+                             update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, delete_branch_mock, *args):
+        """
+        Ensure if a branch exists and delete_old_pull_requests is set, then branch is deleted
+        before creating new PR.
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR', output_pr_url_for_github_action=True)
+        pull_request_creator.create(True)
+
+        assert branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert delete_branch_mock.called
+        assert create_branch_mock.called
+        assert update_files_mock.called
+        assert create_pr_mock.called
+
+    def test_compare_upgrade_difference_with_major_changes(self):
+        basepath = path.dirname(__file__)
+        filepath = path.abspath(path.join(basepath, "pull_request_creator_test_data", "diff.txt"))
+        with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+            valid, suspicious = GitHubHelper().compare_pr_differnce(f.read())
+            assert sorted(
+                ['certifi', 'chardet', 'filelock', 'pip-tools', 'platformdirs', 'pylint', 'virtualenv']
+            ) == [g['name'] for g in valid]
+
+            assert sorted(
+                ['cachetools', 'six', 'tox', 'pyproject-api', 'colorama', 'py', 'chardet', 'pyparsing', 'packaging']
+            ) == [g['name'] for g in suspicious]
+
+    def test_compare_upgrade_difference_with_minor_changes(self):
+        basepath = path.dirname(__file__)
+        filepath = path.abspath(path.join(basepath, "pull_request_creator_test_data", "minor_diff.txt"))
+        with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+            valid, suspicious = GitHubHelper().compare_pr_differnce(f.read())
+            assert sorted(
+                ['packaging']
+            ) == [g['name'] for g in valid]
+
+            assert sorted(
+                []
+            ) == [g['name'] for g in suspicious]
+
+    def test_check_automerge_variable_value(self):
+        with patch('requests.get') as mock_request:
+            mock_request.return_value.status_code = 200
+            mock_request.return_value.json.return_value = {
+                'name': 'ENABLE_AUTOMERGE_FOR_DEPENDENCIES_PRS', 'value': 'True',
+                'created_at': '2023-03-17T12:58:50Z', 'updated_at': '2023-03-17T13:01:12Z'
+            }
+            self.assertTrue(
+                GitHubHelper().check_automerge_variable_value(
+                    'https://foo/bar/testrepo/pulls/1'
+                )
+            )
+
+            # in case of false value of variable.
+            mock_request.return_value.json.return_value = {
+                'name': 'ENABLE_AUTOMERGE_FOR_DEPENDENCIES_PRS', 'value': 'False',
+                'created_at': '2023-03-17T12:58:50Z', 'updated_at': '2023-03-17T13:01:12Z'
+            }
+            self.assertFalse(
+                GitHubHelper().check_automerge_variable_value(
+                    'https://foo/bar/testrepo/pulls/1'
+                )
+            )
+            # in case of no variable exists.
+            mock_request.return_value.status_code = 404
+            mock_request.return_value.json.return_value = {
+                'name': 'ENABLE_AUTOMERGE_FOR_DEPENDENCIES_PRS', 'value': 'False',
+                'created_at': '2023-03-17T12:58:50Z', 'updated_at': '2023-03-17T13:01:12Z'
+            }
+            self.assertFalse(
+                GitHubHelper().check_automerge_variable_value(
+                    'https://foo/bar/testrepo/pulls/1'
+                )
+            )
+
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.close_existing_pull_requests',
+           return_value=[])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_github_instance',
+           return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.repo_from_remote', return_value=Mock())
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_updated_files_list',
+           return_value=["requirements/edx/base.txt", "requirements/edx/coverage.txt"])
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.get_current_commit', return_value='1234567')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.branch_exists', return_value=False)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.update_list_of_files', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_pull_request')
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator.github_helper.create_branch', return_value=None)
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.PullRequestCreator._get_user',
+           return_value=Mock(name="fake name", login="fake login"))
+    @patch('edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.delete_branch', return_value=None)
+    def test_changes_with_minor_versions_and_variable(
+        self, delete_branch_mock, get_user_mock, create_branch_mock, create_pr_mock,
+        update_files_mock, branch_exists_mock, current_commit_mock,
+        modified_list_mock, repo_mock, authenticate_mock,
+        close_existing_prs_mock
+    ):
+        """
+        Ensure a merge with no changes to db files will not result in any updates.
+        """
+        pull_request_creator = PullRequestCreator('--repo_root=../../edx-platform', 'upgrade-branch', [],
+                                                  [], 'Upgrade python requirements', 'Update python requirements',
+                                                  'make upgrade PR')
+        pull_request_creator.create(True)
+
+        assert branch_exists_mock.called
+        assert create_branch_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(create_branch_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert update_files_mock.called
+        self.assertEqual(update_files_mock.call_count, 1)
+        assert create_pr_mock.called
+
+        create_pr_mock.title = "chore: Upgrade Python requirements"
+        create_pr_mock.diff_url = "/"
+        create_pr_mock.repository.name = 'xblock-lti-consumer'
+
+        basepath = path.dirname(__file__)
+
+        filepath = path.abspath(path.join(basepath, "pull_request_creator_test_data", "minor_diff.txt"))
+        with open(filepath, "r") as f:
+            content = f.read().encode('utf-8')
+            with patch('requests.get') as mock_request:
+                mock_request.return_value.content = content
+                mock_request.return_value.status_code = 200
+
+                # in case of `check_automerge_variable_value` false value label will not added.
+                with patch(
+                        'edx_repo_tools.pull_request_creator.GitHubHelper.check_automerge_variable_value'
+                ) as check_automerge_variable_value:
+                    check_automerge_variable_value.return_value = False
+                    GitHubHelper().verify_upgrade_packages(create_pr_mock)
+                    assert not create_pr_mock.set_labels.called