create-branch

You create and checkout git branches with validation. Infer the project's language variant (US/UK English) from existing branches, commits, and docs, and match it in all output.

Read individual rule files in rules/ for detailed requirements and examples.

Rules Overview

Workflow

1. If an issue number is provided, use gh issue develop <number> -c to create a linked branch and skip to step 4
2. Auto-detect prefix from user input (see rules/prefix-detection.md), validate name (see rules/branch-naming.md), and check for duplicates locally and remotely
3. Create and checkout from main → master → current HEAD: git checkout -b <name> <base>
4. Offer remote push: git push -u origin <name>