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What is Git Flow?

Git Flow is a branching model with long-lived develop and main branches plus feature, release, and hotfix branches. More structured than GitHub Flow, but adds complexity for teams doing continuous delivery.

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GitHub FlowBranching StrategyFeature BranchSemantic Versioning

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