Craig Russell

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Git Tip: BRANCH-README

November 18th, 2011

Here’s a quick tip for keeping track which branch is for what in a git repo.

Create a file called BRANCH-README in the repo root, and for each new branch include a summary describing what the the branch is for.

Branch: bugfix-123-autherror
Author: Craig Russell
Date: Fri 18th Nov 2011
Description: Fix for bug #123 - User receives authentication error when uploading content.

What do you think? Do you have a branch management strategy you’d like to share? Drop a comment below.