Chapter 4. Mainline
Photo by John Vachon. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-064602-D DLC.
On the main line. Bowdle, South Dakota, February 1942.
When you are developing a software application as part of a team effort, you often have to reconcile parallel development efforts. Your version control tool provides branching and merging facilities. You can use branches to isolate parallel efforts, but this can have a cost. This pattern shows you how to manage your codeline to minimize the integration effort that branching and merging require.
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