Branch (fork) a Turso database to create isolated preview or test environments

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Documented steps

  1. Branch via CLI: `turso db create my-branch --from-db my-existing-database` (https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching).
  2. Branch via Platform API: POST https://api.turso.tech/v1/organizations/{organizationSlug}/databases with body {"name":"my-branch","group":"default","seed":{"type":"database","name":"my-existing-database"}}.
  3. Mint a token for the branch — it does not inherit the parent's database token: `turso db tokens create my-branch`. A GROUP token does cover it if the branch is in the same group.
  4. Get the branch URL with `turso db show my-branch --url` and point the preview environment at it.
  5. In CI, name branches deterministically (e.g. pr-<number>) so teardown is scriptable.
  6. Tear down on merge/close: `turso db destroy my-branch` — nothing deletes it automatically.
  7. Verify the branch has the expected schema and row counts before running tests against it.

Known gotchas

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