From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:01:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] branch: add prefixes to new branch names Message-ID: In-Reply-To: "Yoann Valeri via GitGitGadget" writes: > This PR adds a way to add prefixes to a new branch being created. The goal > is mostly to ease the developer process of creating new branches by adding > shortcuts that can be set either with a command-line option or with > configuration parameter. This is useful especially when you have to do > similar backports on multiple branches, removing a bit of the need for > finding names or typing the names over and over again. > > Changes since v1: > > * Added a '--no-prefix' option to git branch > > Changes since v2: > > * Changed the PR structure, with 3 patches: > * first patch adds the '--name-prefix' option > * second adds the 'branch.namePrefix' configuration parameter > * third adds the '--no-name-prefix' option > * Those patches only target 'git branch' now I haven't read the actual patches, but the first step that adds "--name-prefix" should also support "--no-name-prefix" at the same time, with or without patches 2 and 3. Doing so would allow users with an alias [alias] bn = branch --name-prefix=blah , who want to almost always add "blah" to their branches, to defeat the prefix in rare occasions with $ git bn --no-name-prefix foo