A successful Git branching model

1 · Vincent Driessen · Jan. 5, 2010, midnight
In this post I present the development model that I’ve introduced for some 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. Why git? ¶ For a thorough discussion on the pros and cons of Git compared to centrali...