Git Workflow

Understand real-world Git workflows including feature branching and GitHub Flow. Learn how teams structure development safely.

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What is a Git workflow?

A workflow defines how branches are created, merged, and deployed in a project.

Simple feature branch workflow

main is always stable
Create branch per feature
Merge after testing

Typical developer flow

git checkout main
git pull
git checkout -b feature-navbar
# work and commit
git checkout main
git merge feature-navbar

GitHub Flow

Create branch
Push branch
Open Pull Request
Review and merge

Why workflows matter

Prevents unstable production code
Makes collaboration predictable
Reduces conflicts

Avoid

Committing directly to production
Merging without review
Huge unreviewable pull requests

← Git Merge

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