# if the branch follows the naming conventions for parallel MRs and there is a branch of the same name in the float repo, set that branch as the float ref
# otherwise we default to main
exit_code_follows_naming_conventions=0
# if branch does not follow the convention, there will be a printout which is irrelevant here, so redirect it to null
# if this does indeed look like a porting branch, get the float companion branch - if that is the default, then warn about possible typo/missing branch