Git-Flow Light
Git-Flow Light is a SmartGit-specific subset of Git-Flow which just deals with Development and Feature branches.
Develop Branch
The single ‘develop’ branch (named by default develop) contains the
ongoing development line. It contains all finished improvements and
fixes.
Feature Branches
For each new (non-trivial) improvement which should be added to the
ongoing development line, a separate ‘feature’ branch is created (named
by default, e.g. feature/my-feature). This temporary branch will be
used to work independently on this particular improvement (‘feature’).
If one thinks the feature is done, the commits from the ‘feature’ branch
are integrated (either merged or rebased) into the
develop branch and the feature branch will usually be
deleted. This way all feature branches in a repository indicate the
features which are currently worked on.
o ... [> develop] merged feature A
| \
| o ... a feature commit
| |
o | ... a develop commit
| /
o ... another develop commit
Configuration
To start using Git-Flow Light for your repository, invoke
Branch|Git-Flow|Configure, select Light type here and adjust
the branch names. For existing repositories, you will usually
set master as your development branch.
Regarding available commands, have a look at the main Git-Flow documentation.