DevOps & CI/CD

Trunk-Based Development vs GitFlow CI Impact

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Flowchart comparing developer commits: short-lived branch runs fast CI and merges to trunk, versus long-lived branch accumulating conflicts and failing release validation.
Flowchart comparing developer commits: short-lived branch runs fast CI and merges to trunk, versus long-lived branch accumulating conflicts and failing release validation.
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What it shows

  • Small, frequent merges shrink conflict resolution time to minutes.
  • GitFlow branches create massive merge queues and release freezes.
  • Short branches (<1 day) enable true continuous integration and test runs.

The takeaway

Merge small changes directly to trunk daily to eliminate merge hell and release bottlenecks.

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