Git Workflow Strategy

This one covers the main Git branching strategies teams actually use: GitFlow, GitHub Flow, and Trunk-Based Development. You get reference guides for setup, merge strategies, and code review workflows, plus a quick start that walks through the GitFlow commands for features, releases, and hotfixes. The best practices are solid reminders about keeping feature branches under three days, protecting main, and rebasing often. If you're setting up workflow standards for a team or trying to move beyond everyone doing their own thing with branches, this gives you the structure and commands to make it consistent. Most useful when you need to document or enforce a specific workflow rather than figure out which one to use.

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$ npx -y skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill git-workflow-strategy --agent claude-code

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Overview

Establish efficient Git workflows that support team collaboration, code quality, and deployment readiness through structured branching strategies and merge patterns.

When to Use

Team collaboration setup
Release management
Feature development coordination
Hotfix procedures
Code review processes
CI/CD integration planning

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

# Initialize GitFlow
git flow init -d

# Start a feature
git flow feature start new-feature
# Work on feature
git add .
git commit -m "feat: implement new feature"
git flow feature finish new-feature

# Start a release
git flow release start 1.0.0
# Update version numbers, changelog
git add .
git commit -m "chore: bump version to 1.0.0"
git flow release finish 1.0.0

# Create hotfix
git flow hotfix start 1.0.1
# Fix critical bug
git add .
git commit -m "fix: critical bug in production"
git flow hotfix finish 1.0.1