diff --git a/.semver.txt b/.semver.txt
index 5257575..f9ef507 100644
--- a/.semver.txt
+++ b/.semver.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.77
+1.0.78
diff --git a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/GitLog.cs b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/GitLog.cs
index 08a10e0..3bf5bdc 100644
--- a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/GitLog.cs
+++ b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/GitLog.cs
@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ namespace JiraTimeBot.Mercurial
                     }
 
                     var commitMessage = commit.MessageShort;
+                    commitMessage = _technicalInfoSkipper.StripBranchPrefix(branch, commitMessage);
+
                     if (_commitSkipper.IsNeedToSkip(branch, commitMessage))
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
+
                     commitMessage = _technicalInfoSkipper.StripTechnicalInfo(commitMessage);
                     var files = FilesToMerge(commit, repo);
 
diff --git a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/ITechnicalInfoSkipper.cs b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/ITechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
index 39b76b2..f38a577 100644
--- a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/ITechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
+++ b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/ITechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
     public interface ITechnicalInfoSkipper
     {
+        string StripBranchPrefix(string branch, string commitMessage);
         string StripTechnicalInfo(string commitMessage);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/TechnicalInfoSkipper.cs b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/TechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
index d5e0d37..a379f7a 100644
--- a/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/TechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
+++ b/src/JiraTimeBot/Mercurial/Modifiers/TechnicalInfoSkipper.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
-using System.Text;
+using System;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace JiraTimeBot.Mercurial.Modifiers
 {
     public class TechnicalInfoSkipper : ITechnicalInfoSkipper
     {
+        public string StripBranchPrefix(string branch, string commitMessage)
+        {
+            if (commitMessage.StartsWith(branch, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return commitMessage.TrimStart(branch.ToCharArray()).Trim();
+            }
+
+            var quotedBranch = $"[{branch}]";
+            if (commitMessage.StartsWith(quotedBranch, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return commitMessage.TrimStart(quotedBranch.ToCharArray()).Trim();
+            }
+
+            return commitMessage;
+        }
+
         public string StripTechnicalInfo(string commitMessage)
         {
             if (!commitMessage.Contains("Signed-by:"))
diff --git a/src/JiraTimeBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/JiraTimeBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 271f55e..6730c07 100644
--- a/src/JiraTimeBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/JiraTimeBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
-using System.Reflection;                                                                    
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;                                                                    
-// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following                                                                    
-// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information                                                                    
-// associated with an assembly.                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyTitle("JiraTimeBot")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyProduct("JiraTimeBot")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2019")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]                                                                    
-// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible                                                                    
-// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from                                                                    
-// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.                                                                    
-[assembly: ComVisible(false)]                                                                    
-// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM                                                                    
-[assembly: Guid("f3b89316-c38c-4ce6-9d88-0b1373cfba1a")]                                                                    
-// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:                                                                    
-//                                                                    
-//      Major Version                                                                    
-//      Minor Version                                                                    
-//      Build Number                                                                    
-//      Revision                                                                    
-//                                                                    
-// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers                                                                    
-// by using the '*' as shown below:                                                                    
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.77")] 
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.77")] 
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.0.77")] 
+using System.Reflection;                                                                     
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;                                                                     
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following                                                                     
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information                                                                     
+// associated with an assembly.                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("JiraTimeBot")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("JiraTimeBot")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2019")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]                                                                     
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible                                                                     
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from                                                                     
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.                                                                     
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]                                                                     
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM                                                                     
+[assembly: Guid("f3b89316-c38c-4ce6-9d88-0b1373cfba1a")]                                                                     
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:                                                                     
+//                                                                     
+//      Major Version                                                                     
+//      Minor Version                                                                     
+//      Build Number                                                                     
+//      Revision                                                                     
+//                                                                     
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers                                                                     
+// by using the '*' as shown below:                                                                     
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.78")] 
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.78")] 
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.0.78")]