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Auto-create tracking local branch from remote when checking out in branch menu

Open Yessir0925 opened this issue 6 months ago • 0 comments

Create linked branch from remote fork without having to type exact name of fork in create fork menu.

Currently only way is to type exact name of fork and it would be heavily appreciated to automate create a linked local branch with the fork name when clicking branch in check out branch menu as when clicked it just is in detached mode.

When you click a remote (fork) branch like origin/Webhook_Upgrade, it just checks out the commit = detached HEAD. • To avoid this, you have to: 1. Tap “Create Branch” 2. Manually type the exact name 3. Manually set the start point to origin/branch-name

Ideal UX (My Suggestion):

When you click a remote branch in the branch list, CodeApp should: 1. Automatically create a local branch with the same name 2. Set it to track the corresponding remote branch 3. Switch to it

Yessir0925 avatar May 27 '25 18:05 Yessir0925