🌐 Smart Modern Exeat Website

This project implements a Smart Modern Exeat Management System — a digital platform for schools to manage student exeat requests online. The system replaces manual paper-based exeat processes with a modern, secure, and trackable web solution.

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🚀 Project Overview

The Smart Modern Exeat Website allows:

• Students to apply for exeat digitally
• Supervisors to approve or reject requests in real time
• Automatic record keeping and history tracking
• Notifications when requests are approved or denied

The web app is built with modern frontend technologies and is version-controlled using a Git branching model to ensure smooth development and collaboration.

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🧩 Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (or React if extended)
• Backend: Node.js (optional)
• Version Control: Git + GitHub
• Branching Strategy: Git Flow Model

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🧠 Git Branching Workflow

To keep the project organized, we follow a Git Flow branching strategy.

🏗️ Main Branches

• main → Production-ready code
• develop → Integration branch for features before release

🌿 Feature Branches

Each new feature (e.g., login system, dashboard, approval page) gets its own branch:

git checkout -b feature/login-page develop
# work on the feature
git add .
git commit -m "Added login page"
git checkout develop
git merge feature/login-page
git branch -d feature/login-page

🚀 Release Branch

When preparing for a release:

git checkout -b release/v1.0 develop
# make small fixes
git commit -am "Prepared release v1.0"
git checkout main
git merge release/v1.0
git tag v1.0
git push origin v1.0

🧹 Hotfix Branch

For urgent production fixes:

git checkout -b hotfix/fix-approval-bug main
# fix the bug
git commit -am "Fixed approval bug"
git checkout main
git merge hotfix/fix-approval-bug
git push origin main
git checkout develop
git merge hotfix/fix-approval-bug
git branch -d hotfix/fix-approval-bug

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💾 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/chenemi001/git-workflow-project.git
   cd git-workflow-project

2. Create your branches:

   git checkout -b develop
   git checkout -b feature/homepage develop

3. Push to GitHub:

   git push -u origin main
   git push origin develop

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🧭 Summary

Branch Type	Purpose
main	Production-ready code
develop	Active development
feature/*	Individual features
release/*	Pre-release preparation
hotfix/*	Emergency bug fixes

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👩🏽‍💻 Author

Victoria Ojochenmi Audu (NemiTech) Frontend Developer | App Development Intern @ NNPC 🚀 Passionate about clean code, smooth workflows, and modern web development.

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📄 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.