Escaping a git merge hell

Git is probably the most popular version control system around. For many years, the git flow strategy has been the recommended way of working and system to manage and organise branches in the projects, only to be replaced by a more modern GitHub flow which is an iteration of the same ideas. In an ideal world, it provides a solid system to manage the development of new features and at the same time maintain existing ones by using short-lived branches. There are other alternatives like the trunk-based system that provide a different flavour but with similar ideas behind it. However, the reality is always…