release

feature
develop branches hotfixes master
branches

Tag
Time

0.1

Major Severe bug

feature for fixed for
Feature
next release production:
for future hotfix 0.2
release

Incorporate
bugfix in
develop

Tag
0.2

Start of
release
branch for

From this point on, 1.0

“next release”
means the release
after 1.0

Only
bugfixes!

Bugfixes from Tag

rel. branch
may be 1.0
continuously
merged back
into develop

Author: Vincent Driessen

Original blog post: http://nvie.com/posts/a-succesful-git-branching-model
License: Creative Commons BY-SA