Context menu does not appear for branches with special characters in their name

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Problem

      If the name of the branch is specified as of the following format, the context menu on the branches page does not behave as expected: <.*>. The behavior is different if the characters between the < and > signs are numeric-only.

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Create a branch on any existing repository, naming the branch: <something> or <1234>
      2. Navigate to the Branches page in the repository
      3. Click on ... to access the context menu (attempting to delete the branch)
      Expected results
      • The context menu is displayed and operations can be performed
      Actual results
      • If the branch name contains numeric characters only (e.g.: <1234>), the context menu is not shown at all
      • If the branch name contains numeric and string literal characters (e.g.: <something123>, the context menu is displayed in the top-right corner of the browser tab, instead of the expected location

      Workaround

      • The workaround is to delete the branch manually from the command line using the corresponding git commands (characters < and > will have to be escaped).
      • Avoid using special characters in the branch name

            Assignee:
            Kristy
            Reporter:
            Peter Koczan (Inactive)
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