Try the most popular Git workflow safely inside this tutorial repository ✨
Widely used in the world of Git, the feature branch workflow makes it easy for multiple developers to work on new features without disturbing the main codebase.
- Who is this for: Developers, students, and teams.
- What you'll learn: How to follow a feature branch workflow.
- What you'll build: You will merge a feature into an active codebase.
- Prerequisites: If you need to learn about branches, commits, and pull requests, take Introduction to GitHub first.
- How long: Less than one hour.
In this course, you will:
- Create a branch
- Commit changes
- Open a pull request
- Merge changes from the base branch
- Merge your pull request
- Right-click Start course and open the link in a new tab.
- In the new tab, most of the prompts will automatically fill in for you.
- For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.
- We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will use Actions minutes.
- Scroll down and click the Create repository button at the bottom of the form.
- After your new repository is created, wait about 20 seconds, then refresh the page. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the new repository's README.
Get help: Post in the discussion board • Review the GitHub status page
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