From 73fc3b469be0e4038abe19c0f171bf8e1abdf67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:04:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 223c7f371ee3a39248ea43e30dfe2bf8111e4979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:12:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Handle local branch upstreams

Co-authored-by: alexr00 <38270282+alexr00@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts         |  3 +-
 .../github/folderRepositoryManager.test.ts    | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts b/src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts
index 7c60de352c..b398e27722 100644
--- a/src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts
+++ b/src/github/folderRepositoryManager.ts
@@ -1664,7 +1664,8 @@ export class FolderRepositoryManager extends Disposable {
 		}
 
 		const upstreamRef = branch ? branch.upstream : this.upstreamRef;
-		if (upstreamRef) {
+		// A remote of "." means the branch tracks another local branch.
+		if (upstreamRef && upstreamRef.remote !== '.') {
 			// If our current branch has an upstream ref set, find its GitHubRepository.
 			const upstream = this.findRepo(byRemoteName(upstreamRef.remote));
 
diff --git a/src/test/github/folderRepositoryManager.test.ts b/src/test/github/folderRepositoryManager.test.ts
index 61d3c2f244..5ff6a3870c 100644
--- a/src/test/github/folderRepositoryManager.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/github/folderRepositoryManager.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { Protocol } from '../../common/protocol';
 import { GitHubRepository } from '../../github/githubRepository';
 import { PullRequestBuilder } from '../builders/rest/pullRequestBuilder';
 import { convertRESTPullRequestToRawPullRequest } from '../../github/utils';
-import { GitApiImpl } from '../../api/api1';
+import { GitApiImpl, RefType } from '../../api/api1';
 import { CredentialStore } from '../../github/credentials';
 import { MockExtensionContext } from '../mocks/mockExtensionContext';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
@@ -87,6 +87,35 @@ describe('PullRequestManager', function () {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('getPullRequestDefaults', function () {
+		it('uses a GitHub remote when the branch tracks a local sibling branch', async function () {
+			const url = 'https://github.com/owner/repo.git';
+			const remote = new GitHubRemote('origin', url, new Protocol(url), GitHubServerType.GitHubDotCom);
+			const githubRepository = new GitHubRepository(1, remote, repository.rootUri, manager.credentialStore, telemetry);
+			(manager as any)._githubRepositories = [githubRepository];
+			sinon.stub(githubRepository, 'getMetadata').resolves({
+				owner: { login: 'owner' },
+				name: 'repo',
+				default_branch: 'main',
+			} as any);
+
+			const defaults = await manager.getPullRequestDefaults({
+				type: RefType.Head,
+				name: 'feature-b',
+				upstream: {
+					remote: '.',
+					name: 'feature-a',
+				},
+			});
+
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(defaults, {
+				owner: 'owner',
+				repo: 'repo',
+				base: 'main',
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('activePullRequest', function () {
 		it('gets and sets the active pull request', function () {
 			assert.strictEqual(manager.activePullRequest, undefined);

From 235ba5e1f131c15dcce918a7f5930c0a8c27ea04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Ross <38270282+alexr00@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:42:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Attestation commit