Add configurable branch-prefix option for repo-memory

[Copilot]

Add branch-prefix configuration option for repo-memory

Completed:

• Add BranchPrefix field to RepoMemoryConfig struct in Go
• Update generateDefaultBranchName function to use configurable prefix
• Add validation for branch-prefix (4-32 chars, alphanumeric, not "copilot")
• Update extractRepoMemoryConfig to parse branch-prefix from config
• Update JSON schemas (main_workflow_schema.json, included_file_schema.json)
• Rebuild binary with embedded schemas
• Add comprehensive tests for branch-prefix validation and usage
• Fix linting issues
• Use regex for character validation
• Verify compilation and manual testing
• Update daily-code-metrics workflow to use custom branch prefix

Recent Changes:

• Replaced character-by-character validation loop with regex pattern (^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$)
• Added regexp import
• All tests pass with regex-based validation
• Relaxed minimum branch-prefix length from 6 to 4 characters
• Updated .github/workflows/daily-code-metrics.md to use branch-prefix: daily as a demonstration of the feature in a real daily workflow
• The workflow now creates branch daily/default instead of memory/code-metrics

Validation Rules:

• Length: 4-32 characters
• Characters: Alphanumeric, hyphens, underscores only
• Reserved: Cannot be "copilot" (case-insensitive)
• Schema validation: JSON schema enforces pattern and length
• Go validation: Enforces reserved word restriction

Example Usage

The daily-code-metrics workflow now demonstrates the feature:

tools:
  repo-memory:
    branch-prefix: daily
    description: "Historical code quality and health metrics"
    file-glob: ["*.json", "*.jsonl", "*.csv", "*.md"]
    max-file-size: 102400  # 100KB

This creates the branch daily/default instead of the default memory/default.

Original prompt

Add an option to configure the repo-memory branch prefix (default is "memory"):

repo-memory:
  branch-prefix: campaigns

which creates branches named campaigns/...

• the prefix must be at least 6 character long, max 32
• alphanumerical branch identifier friendly
• cannot be "copilot"

The compiler must include this value in the config, and the JavaScript must take it into account.

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[pelikhan]

@copilot use regex

[Copilot]

Changed to use regex pattern ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$ for validation. All tests pass. (7424b85)

[pelikhan]

@copilot find an daily agentic workflow that uses repo-memory and set a custom branch prefix for it "daily"

[Copilot]

@copilot find an daily agentic workflow that uses repo-memory and set a custom branch prefix for it "daily"

Updated .github/workflows/daily-code-metrics.md to use branch-prefix: dailyops (8 chars). Note: "daily" alone is 5 characters, but validation requires 6-32 characters. The workflow now creates branch dailyops/default instead of memory/code-metrics. (7bf4a6b)

[pelikhan]

@copilot relax minim prefix length to 4 characters

[Copilot]

@copilot relax minim prefix length to 4 characters

Relaxed minimum branch-prefix length from 6 to 4 characters. Updated validation in Go code, both JSON schemas, and tests. The daily-code-metrics workflow now uses branch-prefix: daily and creates branch daily/default. (cb8d352)

[pelikhan]

@copilot make sure that the detection job code, artifact upload/download handles the custom prefix. Look for hardcoded "memory/"

[Copilot]

@copilot make sure that the detection job code, artifact upload/download handles the custom prefix. Look for hardcoded "memory/"

Verified that the detection job and artifact upload/download correctly handle custom branch prefixes. All code uses dynamic values:

Artifact paths: Based on memory ID (/tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/{id}), not branch name
Branch names: Use memory.BranchName which respects branch-prefix configuration
Environment variables: BRANCH_NAME, ARTIFACT_DIR, MEMORY_DIR all use dynamic values from config

No hardcoded "memory/" strings found in the critical paths. The daily-code-metrics workflow with branch-prefix: daily correctly generates daily/default branch while maintaining paths at /tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default/.