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gitlab is already doing this. The default branch name when you click `Create Merge Request` is issue_id-issue_title, like "477-update-readme-md"

There's lots of suggestions floating around that are answered with "Gitlab has been doing this for a while".

Yep, and the default is now to both create a branch and a merge request https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgcwyifxkc6jrxh/Screenshot%202020-...