git-flow is a popular workflow that extends the verbs available to git and helps handle moving changes between feature, development, release, hotfix, support, and production branches.

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SourceTree app, how do I know what is my current branch?

I have branched from my develop branch bugfix/issue2 to work on a bugfix. Now that it's done I want to merge this branch bugfix/issue2 back onto develop but it's asking me if I want to merge into my ...
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Development methodologies when hundred of developers are working on one single solution?

We are an organisation consisting of around 200 developers that are working continuously on one single product (using the revision control Git) which is planned to be released at a certain date. Due ...
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Is git-flow in the spirit of git? [closed]

The question is pretty self-explanatory. I've had some experience with git-flow, and not much more true experience with plain git before that. (I was using it more as a backup-provider.) I'm ...
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code review with git-flow and github

With regular git and github I can do a code review by simply creating a pull request of the feature branch I'm working on to the master branch. How would I do code reviews with git-flow? With workflow ...
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Is a merging strategy like Git Flow really an anti-pattern?

My company is using Git, and is using a peculiar branching scheme - work is done in master, and branches are reserved for releases. This works fine, so long as all of the work done in an iteration ...
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Where does the git flow release message go? [closed]

When creating a release with git flow like: git flow release finish <branch_name> I'm prompted for a release message. I grepped around to see where this go, but no succes. Any idea?
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How should I incorporate a hotfix back into a feature branch using gitflow?

I've started using gitflow for a project, and I have an outstanding feature branch as well as a newly created hotfix. Per the gitflow workflow, the hotfix gets applied to both the master and develop ...
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Which commit to add issue/bug tracking ticket # to

I have been committing changes in git for a project over the last several months. I would like to start integrating Trac into my workflow. Generally, I have the 'git flow' style of git repository. I ...
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Whats the work flow with 2 people on a project

I come to you as a newbie programmer who's been working on his own project (which is progressing nicely). My co-founder has also been learning how to program and has reached a point where he could ...
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How can one use git-flow effectively on a project in which more than one major version is being maintained?

I've migrated several of my projects over to the git flow work flow, and I'm loving it. However, I haven't found a best practice that keeps things flowing as smoothly when working with a project in ...