main (production releases)
 └─ release/1.0
develop (development)
 ├─ feature/user-auth
 ├─ feature/dashboard
 └─ hotfix/bug-fix

# Feature development
git checkout -b feature/feature-name develop
git commit -m "feature: add feature"
git push origin feature/feature-name
# Create pull request to develop

# Release
git checkout -b release/1.0 develop
# Only bugfixes and version bumps
git checkout main && git merge release/1.0
git tag v1.0
git checkout develop && git merge release/1.0

# Hotfix
git checkout -b hotfix/bug-fix main
git commit -m "fix: urgent bug"
git checkout main && git merge hotfix/bug-fix
git tag v1.0.1
git checkout develop && git merge hotfix/bug-fix

main (always deployable)
 ├─ feature/user-auth (short-lived)
 ├─ bugfix/critical-issue (short-lived)
 └─ (merge frequently)

# Create short-lived branch
git checkout -b feature/feature-name

# Minimal changes, frequent commits
git commit -m "feature: step 1"
git push

# Pull request and merge daily
git merge main

# Delete branch after merge
git branch -D feature/feature-name

main (production)
 └─ feature/feature-name → PR → Merge

# Simple flow
git checkout -b feature/feature-name
git commit -m "feature: add feature"
git push origin feature/feature-name
# Create PR, review, merge, deploy