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Git Branching and Merging Strategies

Master Git branching and merging by implementing a feature branch workflow for a web application project.

30 minutes
devops/version-control
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Lab Overview

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 3. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

  • Week 3: Git, GitHub & CI/CD Fundamentals (slug: git-github-cicd-fundamentals)

🟡 Beta bootcamp lab. Hands-on instructions, check scripts, and solve scripts are in place. Lab is part of the running TaskFlow project that grows across all 21 weeks of the bootcamp.

This hands-on lab teaches Git branching strategies through practical implementation.

You'll learn to:

  • Create and manage feature branches
  • Implement feature branch workflows
  • Handle and resolve merge conflicts
  • Understand rebasing vs merging
  • Use git stash for work-in-progress changes
  • Apply branch naming conventions

Perfect for developers learning professional collaboration workflows and version control strategies.

What You'll Learn

Create and manage feature branches following naming conventions

Implement the feature branch workflow for isolating changes

Understand the difference between merge and rebase strategies

Use git stash to save and restore work in progress

Prerequisites

git-fundamentals

basic-git

Technologies Covered

gitbranchingmergingworkflowscollaborationversion-control

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