wa:dev-branch

What problem does it solve?

It reduces delays and mistakes by automatically creating or switching to a correctly named feature branch following the project’s branch convention.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Branch assessment and safe switching: Checks the current git status and determines whether the user is already on a matching feature branch, otherwise it guides next steps to avoid wrong-branch work.
• Naming-convention enforcement: Builds branch names in the required feat/WA-{issue-number}-{short-desc} or fix/WA-{issue-number}-{short-desc} format, enforcing lowercase, hyphen-separated, and max-length rules for the short description.
• Staged workflow with status updates: Updates the statusline at the start of each stage and resets it on completion or error to keep execution traceable.

Quick Start

Run the command to create or switch to a properly named feature branch for a given issue description, such as: /wa:dev-branch feat/WA-123-short-description.