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FY25 PCSAT --> Add a "Copy Branch Name" button to repository / branch view

What?

I suggest adding a "Copy Branch Name (to clipboard)" button to the Repo View.

Why?

Obtaining the branch name is very difficult if it is very long and therefore truncated. For example, if a new Branch name is autogenerated by clicking "Create Branch" on an Issue. To check out that branch using the CLI inside an already-cloned repo, the developer needs the branch name on the clipboard. Currently there is no place in the branch view where the full name is both fully displayed (not truncated) and the right-click is not hijacked by other functionality (eg. in the Branch selector dropdown). The developer has to obtain the branch name from the Browser's URL path.

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A "Copy Branch Name" would allow for a quick and user-friendly solution to that problem.

Suggested solution:

Edited by Janis Altherr