Know more about Git Flow

Git is a version control system that mosly used in software development and help developer to easily collaborate each other. Git Flow is workflow and branching models that used in git and this workflow has it's own practice.

Git Flow

This is a workflow that used a set of branching convention that provides a structured approach.

1. Primary Branch

This flow have two primary branch in repository:

• master
  This branch should always contains stable and production ready code.
• develop
  This is a integration branch for on going development.

2. Feature Branches

feature branches used for new feature or enhancement. This is a branch(es) of the develop branch, so after the feature completly created it will merge into develop branch. Example of feature branch, this feature for uploading image so the name of the branch is feature/image-uploader.

3. Release Branches

This release branch created for preparing production release before merge into master branch. In this branch allow final testing, bug fixes, and release version number. After it ready this branch will merge into both master and develop branch. Example of release branch, release/0.2.1

4. Hotfix Branches

hotfix branch used to quickly address critical issue or bugs in production code, so it created from master branch. After the code fixed it will merge back into bothmaster and develop branch. Example of this branch hotfix/fix-authentification-issue.

This workflow provide flexibilty, you can simplified the branch structures just into master, develop, and feature branch.

Conclution

Git Flow provides a systematic approach to version control and collaboration, ensuring code stability, organized development, and effective release management. It's a valuable workflow model for projects that require structured development processes and well-defined release cycles.