diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f44260cc..c35cb8584 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 bin
-*.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+*.DS_Store
+.idea
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d119088b..b1bf43f1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This repository branch contains a `configuration.yaml` file that is used to spec
 #### Sync
 
 This branch syncs with the generated assets from the following branches:
-- dev-v2.5-source at https://github.com/rancher/charts.git
+- dev-v2.6-source at https://github.com/rancher/charts.git
 
 To release a new version of a chart, please open the relevant PRs to one of these branches. 
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Merging should trigger a sync workflow on pushing to these branches.
 #### Validate
 
 This branch validates against the generated assets of the following branches to make sure it isn't overriding already released charts.
-- release-v2.5 at https://github.com/rancher/charts.git (only latest assets)
+- release-v2.6 at https://github.com/rancher/charts.git (only latest assets)
 
 Before submitting any PRs, a Github Workflow will check to see if your package doesn't break any already released packages in these repository branches.
 
diff --git a/configuration.yaml b/configuration.yaml
index 2203a484f..1a0ae9470 100644
--- a/configuration.yaml
+++ b/configuration.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ template: staging
 
 sync:
 - url: https://github.com/rancher/charts.git
-  branch: dev-v2.5-source
+  branch: dev-v2.6-source
 validate:
 - url: https://github.com/rancher/charts.git
-  branch: release-v2.5
+  branch: release-v2.6
   dropReleaseCandidates: true
 helmRepo:
   cname: charts.rancher.io
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/regenerate-assets b/scripts/regenerate-assets
index f6472ca03..cfcb16de4 100755
--- a/scripts/regenerate-assets
+++ b/scripts/regenerate-assets
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
+if [[ -z ${BRANCH} ]]; then
+    branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+else
+    echo "Using branch ${BRANCH}"
+    branch=${BRANCH}
+fi
+
 if [[ -z ${REPOSITORY} ]]; then
     echo "Need to provide REPOSITORY as environment variable"
     exit 1
@@ -16,7 +23,6 @@ mkdir -p ./repository
 cd repository
 
 # Pull in branch
-branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 echo "Pulling in ${REPOSITORY}@${branch}"
 git clone --depth 1 --branch ${branch} ${REPOSITORY} . > /dev/null 2>&1
 
diff --git a/scripts/release-assets b/scripts/release-assets
index 432d923b5..211b30043 100755
--- a/scripts/release-assets
+++ b/scripts/release-assets
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ cd $(dirname $0)
 
 cd ..
 
-find assets -type f -mindepth 2 | xargs ./scripts/release-asset
\ No newline at end of file
+find assets -type f -mindepth 2 | xargs ./scripts/release-asset