Branching and Release Strategy Chooser

Compare trunk-based and release-branch models for your team.

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Help me choose a branching and release strategy. Team size and release cadence: [TEAM_CADENCE]. Environments (dev, staging, production): [ENVIRONMENTS]. Need to support old versions? [LEGACY_SUPPORT]. Current pain points: [PAIN_POINTS].

Compare three models: trunk-based with short-lived branches, release branches, and Git flow. Present a scoring table (1 to 5) against these criteria: merge conflict risk, release predictability, hotfix speed, support for old versions, CI complexity, and onboarding effort, with a one-sentence reason for every score based on my facts. Then draft the recommended workflow as numbered steps from feature start to production including how hotfixes work, what protections to put on the main branch, and what feature flags are needed. List what we give up by choosing it. Add a migration plan of four steps from our current workflow with the first step doable this week.

Before you recommend anything, list the three facts in my answers that influenced the ranking most and the facts you needed but did not have, and ask me about them. After the recommendation, show a one-week calendar of how a typical feature, a hotfix and a release would flow, with the day of the week and the branch name at each step, so that I can test the model against how my team actually works.

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