- add "-c color.branch=never" option to git branch commands, definitively disabling color branch output

.# Discussion

Branch names are mis-parsed if `git branch` output is colored (eg, when git is configured
with "config.branch=always"). Using the base "-c color.branch=never" option overrides any
user configuration, displaying git branch output as uncolored in all cases and fixing the
issue.

Notably, option ordering is important in this instance. The "-c ..." option is a git
base option, not a git branch subcommand option. So, as done here, it must be inserted
before the "branch" subcommand.

ref: Issue #415

Closes #209 - Open File in Remote should ask for a branch if no upstream

The following error also caused blame not working:

> git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name my_branch@{u}
fatal: upstream branch 'refs/heads/my_branch' not stored as a remote-tracking branch

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