def _create_branch()

in devai-api/app/gitlab_utils.py [0:0]

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def _create_branch() -> str:
    """Creates a new branch in GitLab for a merge request.

    Returns:
        str: The name of the newly created branch.
    """
    gitlab_url = os.environ["GITLAB_URL"]
    gitlab_base_branch = os.environ["GITLAB_BASE_BRANCH"]
    gitlab_repo_name = os.environ["GITLAB_REPOSITORY"]
    gitlab_access_token = os.environ["GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"]

    gl = gitlab.Gitlab(gitlab_url, private_token=gitlab_access_token)
    project = gl.projects.get(gitlab_repo_name)

    new_branch_name = f'feature/generated-{datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%m%d%Y-%H%M")}'
    project.branches.create({'branch': new_branch_name, 'ref': gitlab_base_branch})
    print("Created new branch:", new_branch_name)

    return new_branch_name