git_ui: Show author name on commits in branch picker (#36812)

See related discussion
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/36511.

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Release Notes:

- Added option to show the author name in a branch picker commit
information

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Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>

crates/project/src/git_store.rs

@@ -4752,6 +4752,7 @@ fn branch_to_proto(branch: &git::repository::Branch) -> proto::Branch {
                 sha: commit.sha.to_string(),
                 subject: commit.subject.to_string(),
                 commit_timestamp: commit.commit_timestamp,
+                author_name: commit.author_name.to_string(),
             }),
     }
 }
@@ -4781,6 +4782,7 @@ fn proto_to_branch(proto: &proto::Branch) -> git::repository::Branch {
                 sha: commit.sha.to_string().into(),
                 subject: commit.subject.to_string().into(),
                 commit_timestamp: commit.commit_timestamp,
+                author_name: commit.author_name.to_string().into(),
                 has_parent: true,
             }
         }),

crates/project/src/project_settings.rs

@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ pub struct GitSettings {
     ///
     /// Default: on
     pub inline_blame: Option<InlineBlameSettings>,
+    /// Which information to show in the branch picker.
+    ///
+    /// Default: on
+    pub branch_picker: Option<BranchPickerSettings>,
     /// How hunks are displayed visually in the editor.
     ///
     /// Default: staged_hollow
@@ -509,6 +513,24 @@ impl Default for InlineBlameSettings {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub struct BranchPickerSettings {
+    /// Whether to show author name as part of the commit information.
+    ///
+    /// Default: false
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub show_author_name: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for BranchPickerSettings {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            show_author_name: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, JsonSchema, Hash)]
 pub struct BinarySettings {
     pub path: Option<String>,