anthropics / anthropics/claude-code-action

validateBranchName rejects valid non-ASCII (e.g. Japanese) branch names

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Description

## Description

`validateBranchName` in `src/github/operations/branch.ts` uses a strict ASCII-only regex pattern:

```typescript
const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9/_.-]*$/;
```

This rejects branch names containing non-ASCII characters (e.g. Japanese), even though Git and GitHub fully support them.

## Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a PR from a branch with a non-ASCII name (e.g. `feat/add-機能追加`)
2. Trigger any workflow using `claude-code-action@v1` on that PR
3. Action fails with:
```
Invalid branch name: "feat/add-機能追加". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, or periods.
```

## Expected Behavior

The action should accept valid Git branch names containing non-ASCII characters (Unicode letters).

## Suggested Fix

Update the regex to allow Unicode letters while still blocking dangerous characters:

```typescript
const validPattern = /^[\p{L}\p{N}][\p{L}\p{N}/_.-]*$/u;
```

This maintains the security intent (blocking control characters, shell metacharacters, etc.) while supporting internationalized branch names.

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