diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
index abe5c331074..e5820c0ded7 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ export class ApiRepository implements Repository {
 	migrateChanges(sourceRepositoryPath: string, options?: { confirmation?: boolean; deleteFromSource?: boolean; untracked?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
 		return this.#repository.migrateChanges(sourceRepositoryPath, options);
 	}
+
+	generateRandomBranchName(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		return this.#repository.generateRandomBranchName();
+	}
 }
 
 export class ApiGit implements Git {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
index 287dd4399bf..122134c2c8b 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ export interface Repository {
 	deleteWorktree(path: string, options?: { force?: boolean }): Promise<void>;
 
 	migrateChanges(sourceRepositoryPath: string, options?: { confirmation?: boolean; deleteFromSource?: boolean; untracked?: boolean }): Promise<void>;
+
+	generateRandomBranchName(): Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
 export interface RemoteSource {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 1fc850565de..15f962b4307 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { Command, commands, Disposable, MessageOptions, Position, QuickPickItem, Range, SourceControlResourceState, TextDocumentShowOptions, TextEditor, Uri, ViewColumn, window, workspace, WorkspaceEdit, WorkspaceFolder, TimelineItem, env, Selection, TextDocumentContentProvider, InputBoxValidationSeverity, TabInputText, TabInputTextMerge, QuickPickItemKind, TextDocument, LogOutputChannel, l10n, Memento, UIKind, QuickInputButton, ThemeIcon, SourceControlHistoryItem, SourceControl, InputBoxValidationMessage, Tab, TabInputNotebook, QuickInputButtonLocation, languages, SourceControlArtifact, ProgressLocation } from 'vscode';
 import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';
-import { uniqueNamesGenerator, adjectives, animals, colors, NumberDictionary } from '@joaomoreno/unique-names-generator';
 import type { CommitOptions, RemoteSourcePublisher, Remote, Branch, Ref } from './api/git';
 import { ForcePushMode, GitErrorCodes, RefType, Status } from './api/git.constants';
 import { Git, GitError, Repository as GitRepository, Stash, Worktree } from './git';
@@ -2943,48 +2942,6 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		await this._branch(repository, undefined, true);
 	}
 
-	private async generateRandomBranchName(repository: Repository, separator: string): Promise<string> {
-		const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git');
-		const branchRandomNameDictionary = config.get<string[]>('branchRandomName.dictionary')!;
-
-		const dictionaries: string[][] = [];
-		for (const dictionary of branchRandomNameDictionary) {
-			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'adjectives') {
-				dictionaries.push(adjectives);
-			}
-			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'animals') {
-				dictionaries.push(animals);
-			}
-			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'colors') {
-				dictionaries.push(colors);
-			}
-			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'numbers') {
-				dictionaries.push(NumberDictionary.generate({ length: 3 }));
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (dictionaries.length === 0) {
-			return '';
-		}
-
-		// 5 attempts to generate a random branch name
-		for (let index = 0; index < 5; index++) {
-			const randomName = uniqueNamesGenerator({
-				dictionaries,
-				length: dictionaries.length,
-				separator
-			});
-
-			// Check for local ref conflict
-			const refs = await repository.getRefs({ pattern: `refs/heads/${randomName}` });
-			if (refs.length === 0) {
-				return randomName;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return '';
-	}
-
 	private async promptForBranchName(repository: Repository, defaultName?: string, initialValue?: string): Promise<string> {
 		const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git');
 		const branchPrefix = config.get<string>('branchPrefix')!;
@@ -2998,8 +2955,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		}
 
 		const getBranchName = async (): Promise<string> => {
-			const branchName = branchRandomNameEnabled ? await this.generateRandomBranchName(repository, branchWhitespaceChar) : '';
-			return `${branchPrefix}${branchName}`;
+			return await repository.generateRandomBranchName() ?? branchPrefix;
 		};
 
 		const getValueSelection = (value: string): [number, number] | undefined => {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 6810f3cca42..b79bb3bc4aa 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';
+import { uniqueNamesGenerator, adjectives, animals, colors, NumberDictionary } from '@joaomoreno/unique-names-generator';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as fsPromises from 'fs/promises';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -3294,6 +3295,56 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		return this.unpublishedCommits;
 	}
 
+	async generateRandomBranchName(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git', Uri.file(this.root));
+		const branchRandomNameEnabled = config.get<boolean>('branchRandomName.enable', false);
+
+		if (!branchRandomNameEnabled) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		const branchPrefix = config.get<string>('branchPrefix', '');
+		const branchWhitespaceChar = config.get<string>('branchWhitespaceChar', '-');
+		const branchRandomNameDictionary = config.get<string[]>('branchRandomName.dictionary', ['adjectives', 'animals']);
+
+		const dictionaries: string[][] = [];
+		for (const dictionary of branchRandomNameDictionary) {
+			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'adjectives') {
+				dictionaries.push(adjectives);
+			}
+			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'animals') {
+				dictionaries.push(animals);
+			}
+			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'colors') {
+				dictionaries.push(colors);
+			}
+			if (dictionary.toLowerCase() === 'numbers') {
+				dictionaries.push(NumberDictionary.generate({ length: 3 }));
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (dictionaries.length === 0) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		// 5 attempts to generate a random branch name
+		for (let index = 0; index < 5; index++) {
+			const randomName = uniqueNamesGenerator({
+				dictionaries,
+				length: dictionaries.length,
+				separator: branchWhitespaceChar
+			});
+
+			// Check for local ref conflict
+			const refs = await this.getRefs({ pattern: `refs/heads/${branchPrefix}${randomName}` });
+			if (refs.length === 0) {
+				return `${branchPrefix}${randomName}`;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return undefined;
+	}
+
 	dispose(): void {
 		this.disposables = dispose(this.disposables);
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/util.ts b/extensions/git/src/util.ts
index c6ec6ece45c..cbf1b56e34e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/util.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/util.ts
@@ -867,10 +867,12 @@ export function getStashDescription(stash: Stash): string | undefined {
 	return descriptionSegments.join(' \u2022 ');
 }
 
+export const CopilotWorktreeBranchPrefix = 'copilot-worktree-';
+
 export function isCopilotWorktree(path: string): boolean {
 	const lastSepIndex = path.lastIndexOf(sep);
 
 	return lastSepIndex !== -1
-		? path.substring(lastSepIndex + 1).startsWith('copilot-worktree-')
-		: path.startsWith('copilot-worktree-');
+		? path.substring(lastSepIndex + 1).startsWith(CopilotWorktreeBranchPrefix)
+		: path.startsWith(CopilotWorktreeBranchPrefix);
 }