Create new branch from Projects/Branches page
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component: dashboard
meta: never-stale
team: webapp
type: feature request
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
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- Forks
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- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
As a user, I find it frustrating that I can't easily create a new branch from the Gitpod web UI.
Describe the behaviour you'd like
- Navigate to Projects -> Branches page
- Obvious call to action "Create Branch" or "New Branch"
- Click "Create Branch" and a new git branch is created and appears in the list of branches.
- I can the click existing "New Workspace" button.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Alternatively I can:
- Go to the Github UI to create a new branch, come back to Gitpod UI branches page...
- Create a workspace and open on main branch, use the terminal to create a new git branch, stop workspace, go to Gitpod UI branches page...
- Git on my machine terminal
Additional context
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the Gitpod Projects → Branches page and inspect the existing New Workspace flow. Add a clearly labeled branch-creation entry point that creates a Git branch and shows it in the branch list; done means the existing New Workspace action can then use the new branch.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100