Get rid of cards on branches page

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Tucker McKnight <tmcknight@instructure.com> | Wed Feb 04 2026

Get rid of cards on branches page

I think the page will get too long if every branch has a card. People
may have a lot of branches eventually.
js_templates/branches.ts:13
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    return m('div', {class: "d-flex flex-wrap"}, branches.map((branch) => {
      return branch.repoName === data.branchInfo.repoName
        ? m('div', {class: "card bezel-gray m-2 flex-grow-1", style: "flex-basis: 20rem; max-width: 20rem;"}, [
            m('div', {class: "card-header"}, [
              m('a', {
                class: "card-title",
                href: `${data.reposPath}/${slugify(branch.repoName)}/branches/${slugify(branch.branchName)}/branches`
              }, branch.branchName),
              branch.branchName === data.branchInfo.branchName
                ? m('div', {class: "badge rounded-pill bg-secondary mx-1"}, 'current') : null,
              branch.branchName === data.reposConfig.repos[branch.repoName].defaultBranch
                ? m('div', {class: "badge rounded-pill bg-info text-dark mx-1"}, 'default') : null,
            m('div', {class: "card-body"}, [
              m('p', branch.description || ''),
              m('p', [
                `${branch.ahead} commits ahead, ${branch.behind} commits behind `,
                m('span', {class: "font-monospace"}, branch.compareTo)
              ])
            ]),
            m('div', {class: "card-footer"},
              m('a', {
                class: "m-1 btn btn-outline-primary shadow-none",
                href: `${data.reposPath}/${slugify(branch.repoName)}/branches/${slugify(branch.branchName)}/branches`
              }, 'Switch to branch')
            )
          ])
        : null
      })
    )
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    return m('ul', branches.map((branch) => {
      return branch.repoName === data.branchInfo.repoName ?
        m('li', [
          m('a', {
            href: `${data.reposPath}/${slugify(branch.repoName)}/branches/${slugify(branch.branchName)}/branches`
          }, branch.branchName),
          branch.branchName === data.branchInfo.branchName
            ? m('div', {class: "badge rounded-pill bg-secondary mx-1"}, 'current') : null,
          branch.branchName === data.reposConfig.repos[branch.repoName].defaultBranch
            ? m('div', {class: "badge rounded-pill bg-info text-dark mx-1"}, 'default') : null,
          m('ul', [
            m('li', [
              `${branch.ahead} commits ahead, ${branch.behind} commits behind `,
              m('span', {class: 'font-monospace'}, branch.compareTo)
            branch.description ? m('li', branch.description) : null
          ]),
        ])
      : null
    }))