From de6b40413da52be1197145529fc60f93dbb95510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:09:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused BRANCH_NAME variable from validation step

Co-authored-by: jmiller-moko <230051081+jmiller-moko@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/version_branch.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
index 779465e..cb55333 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_branch.yml
@@ -300,8 +300,6 @@ jobs:
           #
           # Rule: If a version exists in a higher priority branch, 
           # do not allow creating it in a lower priority branch
-
-          BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_PREFIX}${NEW_VERSION}"
           
           echo "[INFO] Checking version hierarchy for: ${NEW_VERSION}"
           echo "[INFO] Current branch prefix: ${BRANCH_PREFIX}"