Fix chat notification protected branch tests

What does this MR do and why?

It creates a branch in the testing repository for testing chat notifications for protected branches.

!74423 (merged) adds a check for protected branch to exist in the repository before sending a chat notification. But the test setup didn't create an actual branch. See my comment here: !74423 (comment 735854647)

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