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Subject: Re: [boost] Branch names?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-10 20:13:30


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> In gitflow, hotfix/ is dedicated to branch followed immediately by hotfix
> release.
> But, not every bugfix leads to release, so no dedicated prefix for such
> utility branches serving bug fixes only.
>
> Hence, hotfix and bugfix are not equivalent names - just pointing this out.
>

Ha! Interesting distinction. So we should use both, as appropriate. I've
updated the page.

Thanks,

--Beman


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