202 — Advanced Branching Strategies

Master professional branching workflows used by development teams. Learn Git Flow, GitHub Flow, and best practices for managing releases and hotfixes.

Learning Objectives

Understand Git Flow workflow with develop, feature, release, and hotfix branches

Learn GitHub Flow for simpler continuous deployment

Practice release management with branches

Handle hotfixes in production

Step 1

Set up a project repository

Create a repository simulating a real application ready for advanced workflows.

Commands to Run

mkdir -p ~/git-practice/lesson-202

cd ~/git-practice/lesson-202

git init

echo "# Production App v1.0" > README.md

echo "console.log('App v1.0');" > app.js

git add .

git commit -m "Initial release v1.0"

What This Does

We're creating a repository that represents a production application. The main branch will represent our production-ready code.

Expected Outcome

You have a repository with main branch containing initial production code.

Pro Tips

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In real projects, main (or master) always contains production-ready code