Yes, it makes sense.
I assumed that checking out a branch linked to an environment linked to a database and running the app would use that database, regardless of whether the app is running inside the IDE or from the production URL.
My understanding of how multiple databases work was completely wrong. I can finally work without feeling like I’m going to panic and cause a disaster.
PS
Now that I know that databases and branches are not related to each other, I have one more reason to dislike the schema management, more than my previous post suggests 