All those premises are the same everywhere I worked that used branches, the result? Years old, thousands of commits behind and totally forgotten branches.
The problem with branching is that it actively requires the developers to be clean.
Forgotten branches are forgotten features or projects - they may happen with or without branches. All proposed solutions also require the developers to be clean at something.
I think lack of planning and communication are the main problems in these situations, or at least that was the case on my experiences.
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I agree with some suggestions you made, like feature flags. They help a lot to keep the branches short-lived.
All those premises are the same everywhere I worked that used branches, the result? Years old, thousands of commits behind and totally forgotten branches.
The problem with branching is that it actively requires the developers to be clean.
Forgotten branches are forgotten features or projects - they may happen with or without branches. All proposed solutions also require the developers to be clean at something.
I think lack of planning and communication are the main problems in these situations, or at least that was the case on my experiences.