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replace: '[$1] '
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> [!IMPORTANT]
> The way golang regex works is when you use `$n` in the replacement string, where `n` is a number, it puts the nth captured subgroup at that place. If `n` is out of range because there aren't that many capture groups in the regex, it puts an empty string there.
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> So make sure you are capturing group or groups in your regex.
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> For example `^[A-Z]+-\d+$` won't work on branch name like BRANCH-1111
> But `^([A-Z]+-\d+)$` will

## Predefined branch name prefix

In situations where certain naming pattern is used for branches, this can be used to populate new branch creation with a static prefix.
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