Improve branch name error message

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Problem to solve

As a developer, when my branch name does not match the specified regular expression, I would like the attempted branch name in the error message so I can quickly resolve my errors.

Intended users

• Delaney (Development Team Lead)
• Sasha (Software Developer)
• Devon (DevOps Engineer)
• Sidney (Systems Administrator)
• Rachel (Release Manager)
• Simone (Software Engineer in Test)

User experience goal

The user should be able to quickly resolve branch name errors.

Proposal

When a branch name does not conform to the specified regular expression, include the attempted branch name in the error message.

Example error message for a cherry-picked branch name:

Branch name (feat/X~ te$t !*) does not follow the pattern '^((feature|personal)(-[a-z0-9]+){2,}|development|(cherry-pick-[a-z0-9]+))$'

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