Branch Flow with Pull Requests

🗺️ Branch Flow with Pull Requests (PRs)
Let's assume your repo has these main branches:

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main         ← 🟢 production / stable
acceptance   ← 🟡 staging / testing
backend      ← 🔵 backend dev
frontend     ← 🔵 frontend dev
feature/*    ← 🔧 feature branches
documentation← 📄 docs-only changes

🔄 Typical Flow (Push → PR → Merge):

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[feature/backend-login] 
        │
        ▼
     Pull Request
        │
        ▼
     [backend]
        │
        ▼
     Pull Request
        │
        ▼
   [acceptance]
        │
        ▼
     Pull Request
        │
        ▼
     [main]

✅ Example Workflow

1. Create a Feature Branch

git checkout backend
git pull origin backend
git checkout -b feature/backend-login
2. Do your work, commit and push:

git push origin feature/backend-login

1. Open a Pull Request: From: feature/backend-login

Into: backend

Add reviewers, description, link to related issues.

1. After Approval: Merge into backend, then repeat this upward:

PR from backend → acceptance

Test/stage in acceptance

PR from acceptance → main once stable

📌 Bonus: Directional Naming Diagram
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[feature/*] ──▶ [backend/frontend] ──▶ [acceptance] ──▶ [main]
                          ▲
                          │
                   [documentation]

🔄 Each arrow is a Pull Request (PR)
✅ You only push to feature/dev branches, not main directly.

💡 Tips
Keep main protected (require PRs + code review)

Label PRs by type: feature, fix, hotfix, docs, etc.

Automate testing in acceptance branch via CI (GitHub Actions, etc.)