Git Branching Strategies - Simply Explained

Master Git Branching Strategies with a clear breakdown of Gitflow, GitHub Flow, and trunk-based development. Learn pull requests, merging, and rebasing.

Branching sounds like a small detail until two people change the same file. Then someone has to figure out which version is the real one, and that's a branching problem.

In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:

• What a branch is
• Why branching strategies exist
• The three building blocks
• Git Flow, the structured one
• GitHub Flow, the simple one
• Trunk-based development, the fast one
• Pull requests explained
• Merge versus rebase
• Choosing a strategy for small and large teams
• Common mistakes beginners make
• Which one fits you

Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.

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