diff --git a/src/Models/CommitTemplate.cs b/src/Models/CommitTemplate.cs
index 135d8ac9..ba9a4911 100644
--- a/src/Models/CommitTemplate.cs
+++ b/src/Models/CommitTemplate.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using SourceGit.ViewModels;
 
 namespace SourceGit.Models
 {
@@ -24,9 +25,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
             set => SetProperty(ref _content, value);
         }
 
-        public string Apply(List<Change> changes)
+        public string Apply(Repository repo, List<Change> changes)
         {
-            var content = _content.Replace("${files_num}", $"{changes.Count}");
+            var content = _content
+                .Replace("${files_num}", $"{changes.Count}")
+                .Replace("${branch_name}", repo.CurrentBranch.Name);
+
             var matches = REG_COMMIT_TEMPLATE_FILES().Matches(content);
             if (matches.Count == 0)
                 return content;
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
index 209da812..26b81de6 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
                     item.Icon = App.CreateMenuIcon("Icons.Code");
                     item.Click += (_, e) =>
                     {
-                        CommitMessage = template.Apply(_staged);
+                        CommitMessage = template.Apply(_repo, _staged);
                         e.Handled = true;
                     };
                     menu.Items.Add(item);
diff --git a/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml b/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
index f167b8f0..1a9c3235 100644
--- a/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/RepositoryConfigure.axaml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
                   <TextBlock Margin="0,12,0,0" Text="{DynamicResource Text.Configure.CommitMessageTemplate.Content}"/>
                   <v:CommitMessageTextBox Margin="0,4,0,0" Height="100" Text="{Binding Content, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
                   <TextBlock Margin="0,2,0,0"
-                             Text="You can use ${files_num}, ${files} and ${files:N} where N is the max number of file paths to output."
+                             Text="You can use ${files_num}, ${branch_name}, ${files} and ${files:N} where N is the max number of file paths to output."
                              Foreground="{DynamicResource Brush.FG2}"
                              TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                 </StackPanel>