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Discussion on: Branching & Merging – Part 1 – Should you do it?

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James Eastham

Definitely! Managing what goes out in each release is a core part of successful development. Branching combined with things like feature flags within the code can be extremely powerful when used properly.

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Jesse Phillips
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James Eastham

Interesting thoughts! And I completely see your point. But they can be extremely useful to roll out changes to a certain subset of users for testing

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Jesse Phillips

Yeah that is a reasonable use. The main point is, toggle features is a feature in itself.