When developing an application, we often need to modify part of the code without wanting to impact the existing stable code of the application. For this, we will use a feature that exists in all VCSes that allows us to create and manage branches. The mechanics of using the branches are quite simple:
- From a branch, we create another branch.
- We develop this new branch.
- To apply the changes made on this new branch to the original branch, a merge operation is performed.
Conceptually, a branch system is represented in this way:
In this diagram, we see that branch B is created from branch A. These two branches ...
