Fix new PR title to match github.com when branch has multiple commits#8773
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[WIP] Fix PR title mismatch between extension and GitHub
Fix new PR title to match github.com when branch has multiple commits
Jun 8, 2026
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Creating a new PR via the extension always used the last commit's title, even when the branch had multiple commits — github.com uses the branch name in that case.
CreatePullRequestViewProvider.getTitleAndDescriptionalready intended to mirror github.com (branch name for >1 commits, commit title for 1), but its commit count came solely from the GitHubcompareCommitsAPI viagetTotalGitHubCommits. That call returnsundefinedwhen the compare branch has no upstream, the head GitHub repo can't be resolved by remote name, or the API otherwise fails, at which point the code setuseBranchName = falseunconditionally and fell back to the tip commit's title.Changes
src/github/createPRViewProvider.ts: when the GitHub commit count is unavailable, fall back to a localgit logviathis.model.gitCommits()(already runsgit log <baseRemote>/<base>..<compare>), filter out merge commits, and feed that count into the existing branch-name-vs-commit-title decision. If both sources fail, behavior is unchanged (uses tip commit). Description logic keyed off!useBranchNamebenefits automatically.