The /delegate command doesn't use specified source branch or specified branch name

[mip1983]

Describe the bug

When you issue work to co-pilot via the /delegate command, it seems to disregard whatever you ask of it in terms of what branch it should work from. If I specify, please take a branch of the current branch I'm on, or please take a branch from 'integration' and call it 'banana', it disregards that and branches from the default (master) branch with whatever name it fancies.

It would be nice if it either listened or had some specific post '/delegate' prompts like 'what source branch would you like to use ', and 'what would you like to call the new branch'?

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.27

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Type '/delegate Make this app say 'hello world' in the console. Please branch from the 'development' branch and NOT master, call your branch 'hello'.
2. Watch it ignore you (assuming your repo is set up with default branch 'master'), and branch from master anyway

Expected behavior

It should branch from at least the branch you're on when you call the 'delegate' command, and ideally allow you to specify.

Additional context

No response

[xingdi-eric-yuan]

Yes! It would be nice if the delegate could branch from either the current branch or a specified branch (e.g., --branch), rather than only the default branch of the repo.

[evdbogaard]

I would love this as well. Ran into it more often lately and really annoys me that all delegates assume main branch instead of feature branches that already have work done.

[szabta89]

Thanks for reporting this. We have a change in progress that updates /delegate branch handling.

Once released, /delegate will target the current branch by default instead of always targeting the repository default branch. If you want the delegated PR to target a different branch, you’ll be able to pass --base <branch>.

One important note: the selected base branch must already exist on the remote. If the current branch has not been pushed yet, /delegate will ask you to push it first or choose another target with --base.

This is not released yet. I’ll update this issue with the exact version once the release is available.

[szabta89]

CLI version 1.0.69 has the new functionality. Please give it a try and let us know if you find any bugs or if you have suggestions for improvement.