{
    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "slug": "version-control-workflows",
        "title": "Version Control Workflows",
        "description": "Common branching and collaboration workflows.",
        "summary": "Branching and collaboration workflows for version control: centralized, feature branch, Gitflow, forking and trunk-based development, plus GitHub Flow, GitLab Flow, release branching and stacked changes. Each row says how work moves from a branch to release.",
        "use_when": [
            "You are choosing or documenting a team's branching strategy.",
            "You need to compare workflows by release cadence and review style."
        ],
        "caveats": [
            "The right workflow depends on release cadence, team size and test automation; there is no universal best.",
            "Several names are used loosely, and tools differ in how they implement the same workflow."
        ],
        "related": [
            "git-essential-commands",
            "cicd-pipeline-stages",
            "site-reliability-practices"
        ],
        "category": "DevOps",
        "category_slug": "devops",
        "tags": "devops,git,workflow",
        "view_count": 0,
        "entry_count": 9,
        "fields": [
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "workflow",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Centralized"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "description",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "All developers commit to a single shared branch."
            }
        ]
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "workflow": "Centralized",
            "description": "All developers commit to a single shared branch."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Feature Branch",
            "description": "Each feature is developed in an isolated branch and merged via pull request."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Gitflow",
            "description": "Uses master, develop, feature, release, and hotfix branches."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Forking",
            "description": "Contributors fork the repository and submit pull requests."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Trunk-Based",
            "description": "Developers commit to a single trunk frequently with short-lived branches."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "GitHub Flow",
            "description": "Short-lived branches off main, pull requests for review, merge and deploy continuously."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "GitLab Flow",
            "description": "Feature branches plus environment or release branches to model staged deployment."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Release Branching",
            "description": "Cut a branch per release for stabilization and patching while main continues forward."
        },
        {
            "workflow": "Stacked Changes",
            "description": "Break a large change into a chain of small dependent branches reviewed and merged in order."
        }
    ]
}