Branch Strategy

Definitions

1. The team-wide approach to organizing source-control branches, including how long branches live, when they are merged, and how releases are cut. Branch strategy affects integration frequency, conflict rates, code review flow, and how easily teams can ship or hotfix changes.

   In plain English: The workflow a team uses for managing branches in source control.

   Example: "They simplified the branch strategy because long-lived feature branches were causing constant merge pain and stale code reviews."

Related Terms

• Feature Branch
• Trunk-Based Development
• Git Stash
• Git Rebase
• Kanban Board
• Local Development
• Rebase
• Commit Squashing
• Git Flow Debate
• GitHub Flow
• GitLab Flow