Branches

UpdatedNovember 14, 2024

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Branches

Pradumna is a Developer Advocate, Docker Captain, and a DevOps and Go Developer. He is passionate about Open Source and has mentored hundreds of people to break into the ecosystem. He also creates content on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn, educating others about Open Source and DevOps tools. Pradumna enjoys engaging with people in person and delivering talks.

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A branch is a version of the repository that diverges from the main working project.

In simple words, with branches, we a taking a copy of the code to work and experiment, inside a repo, so that we don't disturb the mainline.

Why do we need branches?

▪️ Develop new features.

▪️ Safely experiment with new ideas

▪️ Fixing bugs.

📌By default the project is on the main or master branch, depending on the project setting.

Pradumna Saraf branch.png

Creating a Branch.

The branch can be created on our projects or the projects we have Forked.

Good practices:

▪️ Try to give a proper name to a Branch.

▪️ Always try to create a branch with the latest commit.

▪️ While contributing to a project, firstly create a branch from the main/master branch and then work on it.

▪️ Delete the merged branches.

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Aim: To build a GitHub repo and to bring all Bootcamp tweets and materials in one place, which will help the new learners in the future.

Repo Link 👇 (Don't forget to ⭐ the repo).

https://github.com/Pradumnasaraf/open-source-with-pradumna

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Shubhi4y ago

Amazing work Pradumna Saraf

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Pradumna Saraf4y ago

Thank you Shubhangi Mainalli, waiting for your blog :)

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Pradumna is a Developer Advocate, Docker Captain, and a DevOps and Go Developer. He is passionate about Open Source and has mentored hundreds of people to break into the ecosystem.