diff --git a/docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md b/docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md
index 2b08740c39..99b3aba154 100644
--- a/docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ branches:
       of-merged-branch: true
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^releases?[/-]
+    regex: ^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - develop
     - main
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ branches:
     increment: Inherit
     prevent-increment:
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
-    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
+    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - release
     - main
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ branches:
     prevent-increment:
       of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^support[/-]
+    regex: ^support[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
     is-source-branch-for: []
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ is-source-branch-for: []
 tracks-release-branches: false
 is-release-branch: false
 is-main-branch: false
-
 ```
 
 The supported built-in configuration for the `GitHubFlow` workflow (`workflow: GitHubFlow/v1`) looks like:
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ branches:
       of-merged-branch: true
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^releases?[/-]
+    regex: ^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
     - release
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationProviderTests.CanWriteOutEffectiveConfiguration.approved.txt b/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationProviderTests.CanWriteOutEffectiveConfiguration.approved.txt
index a043a75634..83c233ec89 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationProviderTests.CanWriteOutEffectiveConfiguration.approved.txt
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationProviderTests.CanWriteOutEffectiveConfiguration.approved.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ branches:
       of-merged-branch: true
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^releases?[/-]
+    regex: ^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - develop
     - main
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ branches:
     increment: Inherit
     prevent-increment:
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
-    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
+    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - release
     - main
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ branches:
     prevent-increment:
       of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^support[/-]
+    regex: ^support[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
     is-source-branch-for: []
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitFlow/v1.yml b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitFlow/v1.yml
index a043a75634..83c233ec89 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitFlow/v1.yml
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitFlow/v1.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ branches:
       of-merged-branch: true
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^releases?[/-]
+    regex: ^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - develop
     - main
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ branches:
     increment: Inherit
     prevent-increment:
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
-    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
+    regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - release
     - main
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ branches:
     prevent-increment:
       of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^support[/-]
+    regex: ^support[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
     is-source-branch-for: []
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitHubFlow/v1.yml b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitHubFlow/v1.yml
index 18dea546dd..48e1d6aabc 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitHubFlow/v1.yml
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/SupportedWorkflows/GitHubFlow/v1.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ branches:
       of-merged-branch: true
       when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
-    regex: ^releases?[/-]
+    regex: ^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
     - release
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/TrunkBasedConfigurationBuilder.cs b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/TrunkBasedConfigurationBuilder.cs
index 133c19e407..1a17da8ae4 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/TrunkBasedConfigurationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/TrunkBasedConfigurationBuilder.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private TrunkBasedConfigurationBuilder()
         WithBranch(HotfixBranch.Name).WithConfiguration(new BranchConfiguration()
         {
             Increment = IncrementStrategy.Patch,
-            RegularExpression = "^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)",
+            RegularExpression = HotfixBranch.RegexPattern,
             SourceBranches =
             [
                 this.MainBranch.Name
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/TrunkBasedDevelopmentScenarios.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/TrunkBasedDevelopmentScenarios.cs
index 80be294775..e3998d6179 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/TrunkBasedDevelopmentScenarios.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/TrunkBasedDevelopmentScenarios.cs
@@ -36,27 +36,6 @@ private static GitFlowConfigurationBuilder GetConfigurationBuilder() => GitFlowC
             .WithSourceBranches("main")
         );
 
-    [Test]
-    [Ignore("Support of multiple tunks are not implemented at the moment.")]
-    public void VerifyNonMainMainlineVersionIdenticalAsMain()
-    {
-        var configuration = GetConfigurationBuilder().Build();
-
-        using var fixture = new EmptyRepositoryFixture();
-        fixture.Repository.MakeACommit("1");
-
-        fixture.BranchTo("feature/foo", "foo");
-        fixture.MakeACommit("2 +semver: major");
-        fixture.Checkout(MainBranch);
-        fixture.MergeNoFF("feature/foo");
-
-        fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.0.0", configuration);
-
-        fixture.BranchTo("support/1.0", "support");
-
-        fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.0.0", configuration);
-    }
-
     [Test]
     public void MergedFeatureBranchesToMainImpliesRelease()
     {
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationConstants.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationConstants.cs
index b3a8ffa6ef..b64bb3d869 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationConstants.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationConstants.cs
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ internal static class ConfigurationConstants
 
     public const string MainBranchRegex = "^master$|^main$";
     public const string DevelopBranchRegex = "^dev(elop)?(ment)?$";
-    public const string ReleaseBranchRegex = "^releases?[/-]";
+    public const string ReleaseBranchRegex = "^releases?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)";
     public const string FeatureBranchRegex = "^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)";
     public const string PullRequestBranchRegex = @"^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]";
-    public const string HotfixBranchRegex = "^hotfix(es)?[/-]";
-    public const string SupportBranchRegex = "^support[/-]";
+    public const string HotfixBranchRegex = "^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)";
+    public const string SupportBranchRegex = "^support[/-](?<BranchName>.+)";
     public const string UnknownBranchRegex = "(?<BranchName>.+)";
 }
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/MergeMessage.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/MergeMessage.cs
index 76cb9bcd7f..d5d72b9112 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/MergeMessage.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/MergeMessage.cs
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ namespace GitVersion;
 
 public class MergeMessage
 {
-    private static readonly IList<MergeMessageFormat> DefaultFormats = new List<MergeMessageFormat>
-    {
+    private static readonly IList<MergeMessageFormat> DefaultFormats = [
         new("Default", @"^Merge (branch|tag) '(?<SourceBranch>[^']*)'(?: into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*))*"),
         new("SmartGit",  @"^Finish (?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*)(?: into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*))*"),
         new("BitBucketPull", @"^Merge pull request #(?<PullRequestNumber>\d+) (from|in) (?<Source>.*) from (?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*) to (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*)"),
         new("BitBucketPullv7", @"^Pull request #(?<PullRequestNumber>\d+).*\r?\n\r?\nMerge in (?<Source>.*) from (?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*) to (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*)"),
         new("BitBucketCloudPull", @"^Merged in (?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*) \(pull request #(?<PullRequestNumber>\d+)\)"),
         new("GitHubPull", @"^Merge pull request #(?<PullRequestNumber>\d+) (from|in) (?:[^\s\/]+\/)?(?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*)(?: into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*))*"),
-        new("RemoteTracking", @"^Merge remote-tracking branch '(?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*)'(?: into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*))*")
-    };
+        new("RemoteTracking", @"^Merge remote-tracking branch '(?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*)'(?: into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*))*"),
+        new("AzureDevOpsPull", @"^Merge pull request (?<PullRequestNumber>\d+) from (?<SourceBranch>[^\s]*) into (?<TargetBranch>[^\s]*)")
+    ];
 
     public MergeMessage(string mergeMessage, IGitVersionConfiguration configuration)
     {