Support branch_prefix in github-app.yml, mirroring the Project Settings override
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## Summary
The per-project "Branch prefix override" setting (Project Settings → Branch prefix override, screenshot below) currently only lives in the app's local SQLite state (`projects.branch_prefix`) and must be set manually, per machine, through the UI. Please add a `branch_prefix` field to `.github/github-app.yml` so it can be version-controlled and shared automatically across a team, consistent with how `instructions`, `server_ready_pattern`, and `auto_open_in_browser` already work in that file.
## Current behavior
- Project Settings has a working "Branch prefix override" toggle + text field (supports `%username%`/similar placeholders, e.g. `%dat%-` → preview `%dat%-my-feature`).
- This setting is local-only: it lives in the per-user `~/.copilot/data.db` (`projects.branch_prefix` column) and has to be re-entered by every teammate, on every machine, for every clone of the project.
- `.github/github-app.yml` already supports several per-repo settings that mirror Project Settings fields 1:1 (`instructions`, `server_ready_pattern`, `auto_open_in_browser`, `automation.*`), but not `branch_prefix`.
## Proposed change
Add an optional `branch_prefix` field to the `github-app.yml` schema, e.g.:
```yaml
branch_prefix: "copilot-"
```
Behavior should match the existing UI field:
- Supports the same placeholder syntax (e.g. `%username%`).
- An explicit empty string (`branch_prefix: ""`) disables any prefix, matching the existing 3-state semantics already implemented for `projects.branch_prefix` (`NULL` = inherit global default, `""` = explicitly disabled, non-empty = literal override).
- Since this file already goes through a user trust/approval prompt before any of its settings are applied (per the existing `accept_repo_config`/`revoke_repo_config` flow), this fits naturally into the same trust model — no new security surface needed.
If it conflicts with the local per-project UI override, the more specific/most-recently-set value should probably win, or the UI field could simply be treated as read-only display of the effective value when set via config-as-code (whichever is simplest to reason about).
## Why this matters
Related open requests confirm real demand for consistent, shareable branch naming across a team:
- #363 — configurable prefix + context-derived branch slugs
- #1344 — branch renames getting "stuck" after the first rename
- #579 — custom worktree/branch naming at session creation
None of these solve the "make it consistent for my whole team without everyone manually configuring their own app" problem — which `github-app.yml` is exactly the right mechanism for, since it's already the config-as-code surface for other per-repo settings.
## Additional context
Filed after reverse-engineering the `github-app.yml` schema for #83 (doc gap) — happy to share findings on the current schema if useful for scoping this.
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Direzione di ricerca
Inizia dallo schema di `.github/github-app.yml` e dalla gestione esistente di `instructions`, `server_ready_pattern` e `auto_open_in_browser`. Traccia come `accept_repo_config`/`revoke_repo_config` applica le impostazioni attendibili e come Project Settings legge `projects.branch_prefix`. Il lavoro è completato quando un `branch_prefix` opzionale supporta i segnaposto e i valori vuoti espliciti senza aggirare il flusso di attendibilità esistente, con la precedenza tra configurazione locale e configurazione definita e coperta dai test.
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- github, sqlite, yaml
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- developer-experience, tooling
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