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Marissa Smith
16,609 PointsExample of when to use branches on a personal project(GIT)
Can someone give me an example of when you'd want/need to use branches when working on a project alone?
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Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsYou might want to use branches when you are just experimenting with some new idea/feature, but unsure about whether or not it might be a good idea.
If it indeed turned out well, you might want to merge the branch back onto master (or the branch the branch branched off of)