Merging Policy

So you implemented a lovely git branching model, and the result is that your repository has many feature/* branches instead of just many branches? And you’re sad because it didn’t solve your problem.

Instead of being angry with the branching model, what about asking what problem does it solve? The answer would be the problem of how to create branches. And here we are.

I want to emphasize that a branching model only prepares your repository for merging. If not, you didn’t understand.

Make sure the team understand the goal is to merge.

So that’s it. Write down the conditions for accepting new code. Branching model tells how to start contribution, merging policy tells how to finish it.