DEleted function in request and changed the way the controller uses it,

app/Http/Controllers/ProjectTicketBranchController.php

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use App\Models\Ticket;
 use App\Models\UserGitConnection;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -30,17 +31,23 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
         Project $project,
         Ticket $ticket,
     ): JsonResponse {
+        $user = $request->user();
+
         abort_unless(
-            $this->projectPermissionService->userHasPermission($request->user(), $project, 'edit'),
+            $this->projectPermissionService->userHasPermission($user, $project, 'edit'),
             403,
         );
 
+        $validated = $request->validated();
+        $repositoryConnectionId = Arr::get($validated, 'repository_connection_id');
+        $branchName = trim((string) Arr::get($validated, 'branch_name'));
+
         $repositoryConnection = $this->projectRepositoryConnection(
             $project,
-            $request->repositoryConnectionId(),
+            $repositoryConnectionId,
         );
         $userGitConnection = $this->matchingUserGitConnection(
-            $request->user()->id,
+            $user->id,
             $repositoryConnection,
         );
 
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
             ]);
         }
 
-        $syntaxMessage = $this->validateGitBranchName->message($request->branchName());
+        $syntaxMessage = $this->validateGitBranchName->message($branchName);
 
         if ($syntaxMessage !== null) {
             return response()->json([
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
                     ),
             )
                 ->contains(
-                    fn (GitBranch $branch): bool => $branch->name === $request->branchName(),
+                    fn (GitBranch $branch): bool => $branch->name === $branchName,
                 );
         } catch (Throwable) {
             return response()->json([
@@ -99,17 +106,26 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
         Project $project,
         Ticket $ticket,
     ): RedirectResponse {
+
+        $user = $request->user();
+
         abort_unless(
-            $this->projectPermissionService->userHasPermission($request->user(), $project, 'edit'),
+            $this->projectPermissionService->userHasPermission($user, $project, 'edit'),
             403,
         );
 
+        $validated = $request->validated();
+        $repositoryConnectionId = Arr::get($validated, 'repository_connection_id');
+        $branchName = trim((string) Arr::get($validated, 'branch_name'));
+
+
+
         $repositoryConnection = $this->projectRepositoryConnection(
             $project,
-            $request->repositoryConnectionId(),
+            $repositoryConnectionId,
         );
         $userGitConnection = $this->matchingUserGitConnection(
-            $request->user()->id,
+            $user->id,
             $repositoryConnection,
         );
 
@@ -119,7 +135,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
             ]);
         }
 
-        $syntaxMessage = $this->validateGitBranchName->message($request->branchName());
+        $syntaxMessage = $this->validateGitBranchName->message($branchName);
 
         if ($syntaxMessage !== null) {
             throw ValidationException::withMessages([
@@ -139,7 +155,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
                 ),
             )
                 ->contains(
-                    fn (GitBranch $branch): bool => $branch->name === $request->branchName(),
+                    fn (GitBranch $branch): bool => $branch->name === $branchName,
                 );
         } catch (Throwable) {
             throw ValidationException::withMessages([
@@ -166,7 +182,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
                 $userGitConnection->api_token,
                 $repositoryConnection->owner_name,
                 $repositoryConnection->repository_name,
-                $request->branchName(),
+                $branchName,
                 $repository->defaultBranch,
             );
         } catch (Throwable) {
@@ -178,7 +194,7 @@ class ProjectTicketBranchController extends Controller
         return to_route('projects.tickets.show', [$project, $ticket])
             ->with(
                 'status',
-                "{$request->branchName()} was created in {$repositoryConnection->repository_full_name}.",
+                "{$branchName} was created in {$repositoryConnection->repository_full_name}.",
             );
     }