Branching with GitHub Flow

GitHub has a branch-based workflow known as GitHub Flow, with great supports and tools for development teams to collaborate and frequently deploy projects.

GitHub Flow facilitates the following:

  • Creating branches from a new or existing repository
  • Creating, editing, renaming, moving, or deleting files
  • Sending a pull request from branches based on agreed changes
  • Making changes on a branch as needed
  • Merging pull requests when a branch is ready to be merged
  • Housekeeping and cleaning up branches by using the delete button in the pull request or on the branches page

Creating branches from a project is core to Git and is an extension to GitHub, which is the central concept of GitHub Flow. Branches are created to try ...

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