Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] branch: add 'branch.namePrefix' config param

From: "VALERI Yoann via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:43:10 +0000

From: VALERI Yoann <[email-masked]>

This patch adds a new configuration parameter for the branch creation
feature: 'branch.namePrefix'. It corresponds to the '--name-prefix'
option of 'git branch' made as configuration parameter, and behaves
exactly like it.

Signed-off-by: VALERI Yoann <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/config/branch.adoc |  6 ++++++
 builtin/branch.c                 |  5 +++++
 t/t3200-branch.sh                | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
index a4db9fa5c8..392228c300 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ This option defaults to `never`.
 	value of this variable will be used as the default.
 	See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] field names for valid values.
 
+`branch.namePrefix`::
+	When a new branch is created with `git branch`, use the provided value as
+	prefix for its name. Can be '@{current}' to use the current branch's name
+	as prefix. This value can be overriden by using the '--[no-]name-prefix'
+	option of `git branch`.
+
 `branch.<name>.remote`::
 	When on branch _<name>_, it tells `git fetch` and `git push`
 	which remote to fetch from or push to.  The remote to push to
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index cf7d095f22..2987ac4122 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
 	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 	char *name_prefix = NULL;
+	char *safekeep_name_prefix;
 	int ret;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -809,6 +810,9 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	else if (!skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head))
 		die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
 
+	repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "branch.namePrefix", &name_prefix);
+	safekeep_name_prefix = name_prefix;
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, builtin_branch_usage,
 			     0);
 
@@ -1029,6 +1033,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	ret = 0;
 
 out:
+	free(safekeep_name_prefix);
 	string_list_clear(&sorting_options, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index f81d4380a9..e75f886842 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -1741,4 +1741,19 @@ test_expect_success 'create branch with --name-prefix' '
 	git branch -D bn-with-no-prefix
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'create branch with config prefix' '
+	test_config branch.autosetupmerge false &&
+	test_config branch.namePrefix blob &&
+	git branch -- -with-prefix &&
+	test_ref_exists refs/heads/blob-with-prefix &&
+	test_must_fail git branch -- -with-prefix &&
+	test_config branch.namePrefix "@{current}" &&
+	git checkout main &&
+	git branch -- -with-prefix &&
+	test_ref_exists refs/heads/main-with-prefix &&
+	git branch --no-name-prefix branch-with-no-prefix &&
+	test_ref_exists refs/heads/branch-with-no-prefix &&
+	git branch -D blob-with-prefix main-with-prefix branch-with-no-prefix
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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