Add %{branch_creator} branch name template variable support

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Proposal

Add support for %{user_author} or %{branch_user} or equivalent variable to branch name templates.

We use a branch naming scheme for topic-branches topic/%{author}/%{id}-%{title}, where the branch creator currently has to insert their own name manually. Unfortunately this can be forgotten (alleviated by implementing appropriate push rules). Adding a branch name template variable to help keep this consistent and avoid the manual work.

• branch name template variable documentation
• !111872 (merged)
• #21243 (closed)