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A Guide to Branching and Merging Patterns

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ABSTRACT:

Software configuration management (SCM) practices are at the forefront of managing a process for a development team. Choosing the correct branching pattern can either make a good development team great, or cause confusion and pain for the development team. In this paper, gain a better understanding of how branching and merging patterns work and how applying them to your projects can have a profound effect on how your development team delivers software.

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