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Gitflow

Gitflow is a list of rules to keep a repo’s history organized, and is used to make the release process, bug fixes, and feature creation easier.

Installation

https://skoch.github.io/Git-Workflow/

Introduction

gitflow illustration https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow

git init
git flow init  # will create develop branch
 
# feature
git flow feature start new-feature develop  # create branch feature/new-feature based on develop branch
# ... edit and commit any changes
git flow feature finish new-feature
 
# release
git flow release start new-release develop
git flow release finish new-release
 
# hotfix
git flow hotfix start new-fix main
git flow hotfix finish new-fix
 
# support
git flow support start new-support main
git flow support finish new-support
 
# version
git flow version  # get app version

GitKraken

GitKraken has GUI support for Gitflow functionalities that's very easy to use. See [Docs](GitKraken GitFlow).

Reference

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