A Successful Git Branching Model by Vincent Driessen, 2010

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A Successful Git Branching Model by Vincent Driessen, 2010.

Abstract (from article introduction)

In this post I present the development model that I’ve introduced for all of my projects (both at work and private) about a year ago, and which has turned out to be very successful. I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while now, but I’ve never really found the time to do so thoroughly, until now. I won’t talk about any of the projects’ details, merely about the branching strategy and release management …

Personnal opinion

Git is a wonderful tool. One of its drawback is that you need to organize your merges. This article give a good introduction and a good example of a successful workflow using git. Read all, take what you need and build your own workflow :)