Git-flow

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official resource :

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

What is git-flow

git-flow are a set of git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model.


This document shows the basic usage and effect of git-flow operations.

Basic tips

  • Git flow provides excellent command line help and output. Read it carefully to see what's happening...
  • The macOS/Windows Client Sourcetree is an excellent git gui and provides git-flow support
  • Git-flow is a merge based solution. It doesn't rebase feature branches.

Installation

You need a working git installation as prerequisite. git

Git flow works on macOS, Linux and Windows

macOS

Homebrew

$ brew install git-flow-avh

Macports

$ port install git-flow-avh

Linux

$ apt-get install git-flow


Windows (Cygwin)

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh install stable | bash

You need wget and util-linux to install git-flow.

Hello World with git-flow

Git flow needs to be initialized in order to customize your project setup.

Create new git repo

$ mkdir git-flow-helloworld
$ cd git-flow-helloworld

$ echo "# git-flow helloworld" >> README.md
$ git init
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "git-flow first commit"
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/[git account username]/git-flow-helloworld.git
$ git push -u origin master

Initialize git-flow

Start using git-flow by initializing it inside an existing git repository:

$ git flow init

You'll have to answer a few questions regarding the naming conventions for your branches. It's recommended to use the default values.

$ git flow init

Which branch should be used for bringing forth production releases?
   - master
Branch name for production releases: [master] 
Branch name for "next release" development: [develop] develop

How to name your supporting branch prefixes?
Feature branches? [feature/] 
Bugfix branches? [bugfix/] 
Release branches? [release/] 
Hotfix branches? [hotfix/] 
Support branches? [support/] 
Version tag prefix? [] 
Hooks and filters directory? [/workspace/git-flow-helloworld/.git/hooks]