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Git CLI tool for intelligently creating branch names

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35 points Terretta | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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r1cka ◴[31 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45772653[source]▶
I think people worry too much about branch names. Feature branches are usually ephemeral. Prefix your branch with your personal identifier so I know who is primary on it and worry more about the commit message which will live on indefinitely.
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morkalork ◴[31 Oct 25 14:57 UTC] No.45772677[source]▶
Yes, please just name the branch after the ticket/issue number so we can all get the context for it and call it a day
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1. jasonjmcghee ◴[31 Oct 25 15:41 UTC] No.45773320[source]▶
This. Linear has the one click or shortcut to grab the generated branch name based on the ticket.

With GitHub setup properly, on PR open, it auto comments the link to the ticket and links to the pr in the ticket.

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2. dewey ◴[31 Oct 25 17:37 UTC] No.45774582[source]▶
This is probably my favorite Linear feature.

1) Cmd + shift + . -> Copy branch name

2) Build feature on that branch name

3) Build / Merge on Github and Linear closes the issue