Git Workflows Best Practices

Git Best Practices

• Commit early, commit often — small focused commits are easier to review and revert
• Write descriptive commit messages — use Conventional Commits: feat:, fix:, docs:, chore:
• Never force push to shared branches — use --force-with-lease if you must
• Keep main deployable always — use feature flags for incomplete features
• Review before merge — all code through PR with at least one review
• Delete merged branches — keeps repo clean
• Use .gitignore — never commit secrets, build artifacts, or IDE files
• Sign commits — use GPG signing for verified commits on GitHub

# Conventional Commits
git commit -m "feat(auth): add OAuth2 login"
git commit -m "fix(api): handle null user response"
git commit -m "docs: update README with Docker setup"