Git Flow

we are using GitFlow for branch management

Branches

• Production branch: master

• Develop branch: develop

• Feature prefix: feature/

• Release prefix: release/

• Hotfix prefix: hotfix/

Setup

# install git-flow for mac
brew install git-flow-avh

# Start using git-flow by initializing it inside an existing git repository
git flow init [-d] # The -d flag will accept all defaults.
# Start a new feature
git flow feature start grpc
# Finish up a feature
git flow feature finish grpc
# Publish a feature
git flow feature publish grpc
# Get a feature published by another user.
git flow feature pull origin grpc
## Make a release
# Start a release
git flow release start '0.1.0'
# It's wise to publish the release branch after creating it to allow release commits by other developers
git flow release publish '0.1.0'
## Finish up a release,
# Merges the release branch back into 'master'
# Tags the release with its name
# Back-merges the release into 'develop'
# Removes the release branch
git flow release finish '0.1.0'
# Don't forget to push your tags with
git push origin --tags

FAQ

• How to keep your feature branch in sync with your develop branch?

  While using GitFlow, it is a good practice to keep your feature branch in sync with the develop branch to make merging easy.

  I do the following to keep my feature branch in sync with develop.

  git checkout develop    #if you don't have it already
  git checkout feature/x  #if you don't have it already
  git pull --all
  git merge develop

• Ever annoyed by the long list of local Git branches that are no longer relevant?

  Solution:

  git remote prune origin

  That removes all local branches that have been deleted from remote (typically GitHub) Add --dry-run to merely see a list first to confirm.

Versioning

Changelog

generate changelog using git-chglog

git-chglog -c .github/chglog/config.yml -o CHANGELOG.md
git-chglog -c .github/chglog/config.yml -o CHANGELOG.md --next-tag 2.0.0

Reference

• https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow

• https://danielkummer.github.io/git-flow-cheatsheet/