Allow creating a branch from a Jira issue from a tag

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Currently when you create a branch from a Jira issue you are taken to a Gitlab screen that allows you to specify the project and the branch. It would be great to allow you to specify a project and a tag instead.

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Problem to solve

Allow developers to create a feature branch from a known stable version of software rather than the head of a branch.

Proposal

Replace Source Branch input with a Tag input or an input that allows either.

Intended users

Developers

Personas are described at https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/personas/

• Parker (Product Manager)
• Delaney (Development Team Lead)
• Presley (Product Designer)
• Sasha (Software Developer)
• Priyanka (Platform Engineer)
• Sidney (Systems Administrator)
• Rachel (Release Manager)
• Simone (Software Engineer in Test)
• Allison (Application Ops)
• Ingrid (Infrastructure Operator)
• Dakota (Application Development Director)
• Dana (Data Analyst)
• Eddie (Content Editor)
• Amy (Application Security Engineer)
• Isaac (Infrastructure Engineer)
• Alex (Security Operations Engineer)
• Cameron (Compliance Manager) -->

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