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Fix evergreen agent "Branch does not exist locally" push failure #79

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Expand Up @@ -279,7 +279,11 @@ A pre-flight step has already identified a PR that needs attention. Read the sel
- `selected.base_branch` — the target branch (usually `main`)
- `selected.attempts` — how many times we've already tried on this SHA

2. **Check out the PR branch** and investigate the issues.
2. **Check out the PR branch** as a local tracking branch so the push tool can find it:
```bash
git checkout -b <head_branch> origin/<head_branch>
```
where `<head_branch>` is `selected.head_branch` from the selection file. **Do not** use a detached HEAD checkout — the `push-to-pull-request-branch` tool requires a named local branch.

3. **Fix the issues**:

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