A versioning pattern organizes branches, integrations, releases, and related version-control practices. Choose the arrangement that fits the team and enterprise rather than treating version control as a complete strategy. section 9.3
Evaluate the pattern and its operating rules together:
- Balance repository count: too many repositories create overhead, while too few make commits harder to segregate and manage. section 9.3
- Use Gitflow with protected master and develop branches, feature branches, reviews, merges, and explicit release integration. section 9.3
- Use GitHub flow as a simpler alternative with one main master branch and reviewed, tested feature branches ready for deployment. section 9.3
- Define ticket-system integration, branch naming, branch lifetime, granularity, release cycle, tooling, and reporting around the environment. section 9.3
