chore: bump version and update CHANGELOG.md [skip ci]

bugfix: dont close branches on merges between environments

Approved-by: Jonathan Teran

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## v1.17.3 - 2026-05-22
+
+- **bugfix**:  dont close branches on merges between environments [[jteran](mailto:jteran@renatre.org.ar)] (8ee0129)
+
+---
+
+
 ## v1.17.2 - 2026-05-22
 
 - **bugfix**:  change pr title on merges between environments [[jteran](mailto:jteran@renatre.org.ar)] (de124ba)

src/git_flow/command/merge.py

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def create_pull_request(token: str, branch: str, target: str):
         target,
         title,
         changelog.generate_content(target, branch),
+        branch not in environments
     )
 
     success(message)

src/git_flow/remote/base.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class RemoteAPI(ABC):
         destination: str,
         title: str | None = None,
         description: str | None = None,
+        close_source_branch: bool = True
     ) -> str:
         pass
 

src/git_flow/remote/bitbucket.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class BitbucketRemoteAPI(RemoteAPI):
         destination: str,
         title: str | None = None,
         description: str | None = None,
+        close_source_branch: bool = True
     ):
         request = requests.post(
             self.get_endpoint("/pullrequests"),
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class BitbucketRemoteAPI(RemoteAPI):
                 "description": description,
                 "source": {"branch": {"name": source}},
                 "destination": {"branch": {"name": destination}},
-                "close_source_branch": True,
+                "close_source_branch": close_source_branch,
             },
         )
 

src/git_flow/remote/github.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class GithubRemoteAPI(RemoteAPI):
         destination: str,
         title: str | None = None,
         description: str | None = None,
+        close_source_branch: bool = True
     ) -> str:
         raise GitFlowError("not implemented yet!")