Git Branch Strategies

Organize code and reduce the time needed to manage versioning

there are four most popular branching strategies —
1. Git-Flow
2. GitHub-Flow
3. Trunk

Git-Flow-

The main idea behind the git-flow is to isolate your work into different types of branches. There are few famous branch types as below. life-cycle involves branching off from develop, integrating features, creating release branches for testing, merging into main/master

• Main
• Develop
• Feature
• Release
• Hotfix

Pros:
- Good for large teams and aligning work across multiple teams.
Cons:
- with complexity in project, git flow slow the development process and release cycle.

GitHub-Flow:

it simplifies Git-Flow by eliminating release branches. It revolves around one active development branch (main or master) that is directly deployed to production.
Pros:
- Faster feedback cycles and shorter production cycles.
- Ideal for asynchronous work in smaller teams.

Cons:
- Long-living branches can complicate the process.

Trunk Based Development

Trunk Based Development promotes a single shared branch called “trunk” and eliminates long-living branches.
smaller teams commit directly to the trunk, while larger teams create short-lived feature branches.

Pros:
- Enhances collaboration and reduces merge conflicts.

Cons:
- Requires an experienced team that can slice features appropriately for regular integration.