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post_title: WooCommerce Git flow
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menu_title: WooCommerce Git flow
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tags: reference
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---
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For core development, we use the following structure and flow.
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![Git Flow WooCommerce uses for core development](https://developer.woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/flow-1.png)
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## Branches
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* **Trunk** is the branch for all development and should always be the target of pull requests.
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* Each major or minor release has a release branch e.g. `release/3.0` or `release/3.2`. There are no release branches for patch releases.
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* Fixes are applied to trunk, and then **cherry picked into the release branch if needed**.
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* Tags get created from release branches when ready to deploy.
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## Branch naming
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Prefixes determine the type of branch, and include:
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* fix/
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* feature/
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* add/
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* update/
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* release/
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When creating a **fix branch**, use the correct prefix and the issue number. Example:
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```text
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fix/12345
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```
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Alternatively you can summarise the change:
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```text
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fix/shipping-tax-rate-saving
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```
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