Git branch strategy for small dev team

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Published on 2010-03-11T21:13:15Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 21:39 UTC
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We have a web app that we update and release almost daily. We use git as our VCS, and our current branching strategy is very simple and broken: we have a master branch and we check changes that we 'feel good about' into it. This works, but only until we check in a breaking change.

Does anyone have a favorite git branch strategy for small teams which meets the following requirements:

Works well for teams of 2 to 3 developers
Lightweight, and not too much process
Allows devs to isolate work on bug fixes and larger features with ease
Allows us to keep a stable branch (for those 'oh crap' moments when we have to get our production servers working)

Ideally, I'd love to see your step-by-step process for a dev working on a new bug

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