From 87134da64b84caaed93b026933aad933849a0ffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Ison <bison@netbird.io>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:23:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [misc] Treat release-* branches as git-town perennials

Release branches are long-lived and must never be synced into or shipped
to main. With the perennial regex set, git town classifies every
release-* branch correctly without per-branch registration.
---
 .git-branches.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.git-branches.toml b/.git-branches.toml
index d1818090f..4c34d7928 100644
--- a/.git-branches.toml
+++ b/.git-branches.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [branches]
 main = "main"
 perennials = []
-perennial-regex = ""
+perennial-regex = "^release-"
 
 [create]
 new-branch-type = "feature"