From 37e11a77aa777f9c7451a7fc2d307bd7a1d21df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Malcolm Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:53:29 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Adds a description of what a branch actually is --- README.textile | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile index d71ef73..2549842 100644 --- a/README.textile +++ b/README.textile @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ You have now un-done your changes. Your file is now empty h2. Branching +Most large code bases have at least two branches - a 'live' branch and a 'development' branch. The live branch is code which is OK to be deployed on to a website, or downloaded by customers. The development branch allows developers to work on features which might not be bug free. Only once everyone is happy with the development branch would it be merged with the live branch. + Creating a branch in Git is easy. The @git branch@ command, when used by itself, will list the branches you currently have