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Migration

Migrating projects to the new branching strategies is a simple task outlined below.

Note: The process applies to release deployment projects. Any legacy continuous deployment project simply follows the instructions here.

Migration Process

Determine which branch is deployed to production.
- For illustration purposes, let's say it's current-prod

Merge current-prod into master

$ git checkout master
$ git merge current-prod

Create a develop branch off of master if none exists

$ git checkout master
$ git checkout -b develop

Notify your team branching & release Czar so that he or she can protect the following branches:
- master
- develop

Github offers a feature called Protected Branches. We leverage this to make sure our core branches are safe.

To protect a branch, follow these instructions:

Navigate to your Github repository
Click on Settings and then on Branches in the left-hand navigation
In the Protected branches section, configure both master and develop branches.