collab-staging: git_ui: Clarify remote-tracking branch delete in branch picker (#61793)
Executive Summary
Closes #56525 Objective Zed's branch picker shows a "Delete Branch" trash icon for both local and remote-tracking branches. For remote-tracking branches (e.g. origin/feature ), this action only deletes the local tracking ref ( git branch -dr ) — it never contacts the remote, and the branch still exists on the actual remote repository. The label gives no indication of this, so users can't tell whether the action is local-only or will delete the branch upstream.
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