diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/config.go b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
index 3f8d454..4e4ae97 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sv/config.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	CommitMessageTypes          []string          `envconfig:"COMMIT_MESSAGE_TYPES" default:"build,ci,chore,docs,feat,fix,perf,refactor,revert,style,test"`
 	IssueKeyName                string            `envconfig:"ISSUE_KEY_NAME" default:"jira"`
 	IssueRegex                  string            `envconfig:"ISSUE_REGEX" default:"[A-Z]+-[0-9]+"`
-	BranchIssueRegex            string            `envconfig:"BRANCH_ISSUE_REGEX" default:"^([a-z]+\\/)?([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)(-.*)?"` //TODO breaking change: use issue regex instead of duplicating issue regex
+	BranchIssuePrefixRegex      string            `envconfig:"BRANCH_ISSUE_PREFIX_REGEX" default:"([a-z]+\\/)?"`
+	BranchIssueSuffixRegex      string            `envconfig:"BRANCH_ISSUE_SUFFIX_REGEX" default:"(-.*)?"`
 }
 
 func loadConfig() Config {
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/main.go b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
index 1102e1c..5819bfa 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sv/main.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ func main() {
 		Types: cfg.CommitMessageTypes,
 		Scope: sv.CommitMessageScopeConfig{},
 		Footer: map[string]sv.CommitMessageFooterConfig{
-			"issue":           {Key: cfg.IssueIDPrefixes[0], KeySynonyms: cfg.IssueIDPrefixes[1:], Regex: cfg.IssueRegex},
+			"issue":           {Key: cfg.IssueIDPrefixes[0], KeySynonyms: cfg.IssueIDPrefixes[1:]},
 			"breaking-change": {Key: cfg.BreakingChangePrefixes[0], KeySynonyms: cfg.BreakingChangePrefixes[1:]},
 		},
+		Issue: sv.CommitMessageIssueConfig{Regex: cfg.IssueRegex},
+	}
+	branchesConfig := sv.BranchesConfig{
+		Skip:        cfg.ValidateMessageSkipBranches,
+		ExpectIssue: true,
+		PrefixRegex: cfg.BranchIssuePrefixRegex,
+		SuffixRegex: cfg.BranchIssueSuffixRegex,
 	}
 	////
 
-	messageProcessor := sv.NewMessageProcessor(commitMessageCfg, cfg.ValidateMessageSkipBranches, cfg.BranchIssueRegex)
+	messageProcessor := sv.NewMessageProcessor(commitMessageCfg, branchesConfig)
 	git := sv.NewGit(messageProcessor, cfg.TagPattern)
 	semverProcessor := sv.NewSemVerCommitsProcessor(cfg.IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch, cfg.MajorVersionTypes, cfg.MinorVersionTypes, cfg.PatchVersionTypes)
 	releasenotesProcessor := sv.NewReleaseNoteProcessor(cfg.ReleaseNotesTags)
diff --git a/sv/config.go b/sv/config.go
index 5074461..9f3fb03 100644
--- a/sv/config.go
+++ b/sv/config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ type CommitMessageConfig struct {
 	Types  []string
 	Scope  CommitMessageScopeConfig
 	Footer map[string]CommitMessageFooterConfig
+	Issue  CommitMessageIssueConfig
 }
 
 // IssueConfig config for issue.
@@ -33,6 +34,18 @@ type CommitMessageScopeConfig struct {
 type CommitMessageFooterConfig struct {
 	Key         string
 	KeySynonyms []string
-	Regex       string
 	UseHash     bool
 }
+
+// CommitMessageIssueConfig issue preferences.
+type CommitMessageIssueConfig struct {
+	Regex string
+}
+
+// BranchesConfig branches preferences.
+type BranchesConfig struct {
+	PrefixRegex string
+	SuffixRegex string
+	ExpectIssue bool
+	Skip        []string
+}
diff --git a/sv/message.go b/sv/message.go
index b34af01..0d74508 100644
--- a/sv/message.go
+++ b/sv/message.go
@@ -56,41 +56,39 @@ type MessageProcessor interface {
 }
 
 // NewMessageProcessor MessageProcessorImpl constructor
-func NewMessageProcessor(cfg CommitMessageConfig, skipBranches []string, branchIssueRegex string) *MessageProcessorImpl {
+func NewMessageProcessor(mcfg CommitMessageConfig, bcfg BranchesConfig) *MessageProcessorImpl {
 	return &MessageProcessorImpl{
-		cfg:              cfg,
-		skipBranches:     skipBranches,
-		branchIssueRegex: branchIssueRegex,
+		messageCfg:  mcfg,
+		branchesCfg: bcfg,
 	}
 }
 
 // MessageProcessorImpl process validate message hook.
 type MessageProcessorImpl struct {
-	cfg              CommitMessageConfig
-	skipBranches     []string
-	branchIssueRegex string
+	messageCfg  CommitMessageConfig
+	branchesCfg BranchesConfig
 }
 
 // SkipBranch check if branch should be ignored.
 func (p MessageProcessorImpl) SkipBranch(branch string) bool {
-	return contains(branch, p.skipBranches)
+	return contains(branch, p.branchesCfg.Skip)
 }
 
 // Validate commit message.
 func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Validate(message string) error {
-	valid, err := regexp.MatchString("^("+strings.Join(p.cfg.Types, "|")+")(\\(.+\\))?!?: .*$", firstLine(message))
+	valid, err := regexp.MatchString("^("+strings.Join(p.messageCfg.Types, "|")+")(\\(.+\\))?!?: .*$", firstLine(message))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if !valid {
-		return fmt.Errorf("message should contain type: %v, and should be valid according with conventional commits", p.cfg.Types)
+		return fmt.Errorf("message should contain type: %v, and should be valid according with conventional commits", p.messageCfg.Types)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Enhance add metadata on commit message.
 func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Enhance(branch string, message string) (string, error) {
-	if p.branchIssueRegex == "" || p.cfg.IssueConfig().Key == "" || hasIssueID(message, p.cfg.IssueConfig().Key) {
+	if !p.branchesCfg.ExpectIssue || p.messageCfg.IssueConfig().Key == "" || hasIssueID(message, p.messageCfg.IssueConfig().Key) {
 		return "", nil //enhance disabled
 	}
 
@@ -102,9 +100,9 @@ func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Enhance(branch string, message string) (string, er
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find issue id using configured regex")
 	}
 
-	footer := fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.cfg.IssueConfig().Key, issue)
+	footer := fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.messageCfg.IssueConfig().Key, issue)
 
-	if !hasFooter(message, p.cfg.Footer[breakingKey].Key) {
+	if !hasFooter(message, p.messageCfg.Footer[breakingKey].Key) {
 		return "\n" + footer, nil
 	}
 
@@ -113,9 +111,10 @@ func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Enhance(branch string, message string) (string, er
 
 // IssueID try to extract issue id from branch, return empty if not found.
 func (p MessageProcessorImpl) IssueID(branch string) (string, error) {
-	r, err := regexp.Compile(p.branchIssueRegex)
+	rstr := fmt.Sprintf("^%s(%s)%s$", p.branchesCfg.PrefixRegex, p.messageCfg.Issue.Regex, p.branchesCfg.SuffixRegex)
+	r, err := regexp.Compile(rstr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not compile issue regex: %s, error: %v", p.branchIssueRegex, err.Error())
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not compile issue regex: %s, error: %v", rstr, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	groups := r.FindStringSubmatch(branch)
@@ -137,13 +136,13 @@ func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Format(msg CommitMessage) (string, string, string)
 
 	var footer strings.Builder
 	if msg.BreakingMessage() != "" {
-		footer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.cfg.BreakingChangeConfig().Key, msg.BreakingMessage()))
+		footer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.messageCfg.BreakingChangeConfig().Key, msg.BreakingMessage()))
 	}
 	if issue, exists := msg.Metadata[issueKey]; exists {
 		if footer.Len() > 0 {
 			footer.WriteString("\n")
 		}
-		footer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.cfg.IssueConfig().Key, issue))
+		footer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", p.messageCfg.IssueConfig().Key, issue))
 	}
 
 	return header.String(), msg.Body, footer.String()
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ func (p MessageProcessorImpl) Parse(subject, body string) CommitMessage {
 	commitType, scope, description, hasBreakingChange := parseSubjectMessage(subject)
 
 	metadata := make(map[string]string)
-	for key, mdCfg := range p.cfg.Footer {
+	for key, mdCfg := range p.messageCfg.Footer {
 		prefixes := append([]string{mdCfg.Key}, mdCfg.KeySynonyms...)
 		for _, prefix := range prefixes {
 			if tagValue := extractFooterMetadata(prefix, body, mdCfg.UseHash); tagValue != "" {
diff --git a/sv/message_test.go b/sv/message_test.go
index 32e01ad..6491f67 100644
--- a/sv/message_test.go
+++ b/sv/message_test.go
@@ -5,20 +5,23 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-var cfg = CommitMessageConfig{
+var ccfg = CommitMessageConfig{
 	Types: []string{"feat", "fix"},
 	Scope: CommitMessageScopeConfig{},
 	Footer: map[string]CommitMessageFooterConfig{
-		"issue":           {Key: "jira", KeySynonyms: []string{"Jira"}, Regex: "[A-Z]+-[0-9]+"},
+		"issue":           {Key: "jira", KeySynonyms: []string{"Jira"}},
 		"breaking-change": {Key: "BREAKING CHANGE", KeySynonyms: []string{"BREAKING CHANGES"}},
 		"refs":            {Key: "Refs", UseHash: true},
 	},
+	Issue: CommitMessageIssueConfig{Regex: "[A-Z]+-[0-9]+"},
 }
 
-const (
-	branchIssueRegex = "^([a-z]+\\/)?([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)(-.*)?"
-	issueRegex       = "[A-Z]+-[0-9]+"
-)
+var bcfg = BranchesConfig{
+	ExpectIssue: true,
+	PrefixRegex: "([a-z]+\\/)?",
+	SuffixRegex: "(-.*)?",
+	Skip:        []string{"develop", "master"},
+}
 
 // messages samples start
 var fullMessage = `fix: correct minor typos in code
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ BREAKING CHANGE: refactor to use JavaScript features not available in Node 6.`
 // multiline samples end
 
 func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Validate(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewMessageProcessor(cfg, []string{"develop", "master"}, branchIssueRegex)
+	p := NewMessageProcessor(ccfg, bcfg)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Enhance(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewMessageProcessor(cfg, []string{"develop", "master"}, branchIssueRegex)
+	p := NewMessageProcessor(ccfg, bcfg)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Enhance(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMessageProcessorImpl_IssueID(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewMessageProcessor(cfg, []string{"develop", "master"}, branchIssueRegex)
+	p := NewMessageProcessor(ccfg, bcfg)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ Jira: JIRA-999
 Refs #123`
 
 func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Parse(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewMessageProcessor(cfg, []string{"develop", "master"}, branchIssueRegex)
+	p := NewMessageProcessor(ccfg, bcfg)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMessageProcessorImpl_Format(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewMessageProcessor(cfg, []string{"develop", "master"}, branchIssueRegex)
+	p := NewMessageProcessor(ccfg, bcfg)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string