Allow to pin branches in branches list

[TheBlubb14]

The feature request

I would like to have the ability to pin branches at the top of the branches list.
There should be a new option in the context menu when right-clicking on a branch in the branches list. This option should allow me to add the selected branch to a new group called "Pinned branches". Right-clicking on the pinned branch would show an option to un-pin it again. If there are no branches left inside the pinned group the group would be hidden from the user until he pin again a branch.
Maybe instead of calling it pin, it could be also called favorite.

New option in context menu

New view when there is a pinned branch

Proposed solution

In my daily workflow I often need to create new branches from a list of base branches.
For example a user has a list of branches which he is currently supporting for bugfixes. If he now want to create a bugfix currently he need to filter for the support branch by typing its name, switch to it and then creating a new branch for the bugfix.
With the proposed feature the user does not need to filter anymore for the supported branches as he has them pinned already, making it easier to switch to it and continue his work.

Additional context

No response

[sergiou87]

Thanks for your suggestion @TheBlubb14 ! I'll leave this marked as enhancement but since it's similar to #8183 I can only say we have no plans of doing anything like this, and just rely on recent vs non-recent branches.

[jessewriter]

there are 2 branches development and release that we frequently build our branches from and I'd like to pin these to the top instead of having to type origin/development every time i call create branch from. as an engineer i like to remove tedious and repetitive tasks from my workflows

[Naga2002]

I support this enhancement. Is there a way to officially upvote this?

[steveward]

Requested in #17792.

[nartb]

I also support this enhancement. It would make my team's workflow much nicer if the branches we deploy often were pinned to the top of the branch list.