Have a button in GitLab issues Default to "Create Branch"

Release notes

Problem to solve

A customer would like a setting to easily create a new branch from an issue without an extra click as their strategy of layered branches can be obscured with the default of "Create Merge request and branch"

Proposal

A customer with a layered branch strategy would like a setting to default to "Create Branch" rather than "Create Merge Request and Branch". The MRs for empty branches merge/close if GitLab considers the code the same.

Intended users

• Parker (Product Manager)
• Delaney (Development Team Lead)
• Presley (Product Designer)
• Sasha (Software Developer)

Does this feature require an audit event?

Yes