microsoft / microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github
Base branch for automatic branch creation when working on issues
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- TypeScript
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Description
Currently the feature branch when staring work on an issue is always created out of the default branch.
In case there are several "main" branches (for example for different versions or bigger features) one would want to create branch either out of the current branch, or have a configuration which branch should be taken as default.
The only solution right now is to create branches manually matching the pattern.
Contributor guide
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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 by tracing the automatic branch-creation entry point in the VS Code GitHub Pull Requests extension and inspect how it selects the default branch. Determine where the current branch or a configured base branch could be selected; done means issue work can use either supported choice instead of requiring manually created matching branches.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, github, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100