Feature Branching also discourages developers from making changes that aren't seen as part of the feature being built, which undermines the ability of refactoring to steadily improve a code base.
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- Feb 2025
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martinfowler.com martinfowler.com
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This prerequisite does mean that Feature Branching is better for teams that don't force a Healthy Branch and require release branches to stabilize code before release.
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- Nov 2017
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nvie.com nvie.com
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exists as long as the feature is in development
When the development of a feature takes a long time, it may be useful to continuously merge from
developinto the feature branch. This has the following advantages:- We can use the new features introduced in
developin the feature branch. - We simplify the integration merge of the feature branch into
developthat will happen at a later point.
- We can use the new features introduced in
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