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Git
13 min readNov 18, 2025
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Disclosure: I use GPT search to collection facts. The entire article is drafted by me.
Here’s the thing about Git workflows — most teams get them wrong. Not because they’re incompetent, but because they picked a workflow that looked good in a blog post and never adapted it to their reality. After watching countless teams struggle with merge hell, deployment bottlenecks, and that one developer who always seems to break the build, I’ve learned that the right Git workflow isn’t about following dogma. It’s about u…
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Git
13 min readNov 18, 2025
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Disclosure: I use GPT search to collection facts. The entire article is drafted by me.
Here’s the thing about Git workflows — most teams get them wrong. Not because they’re incompetent, but because they picked a workflow that looked good in a blog post and never adapted it to their reality. After watching countless teams struggle with merge hell, deployment bottlenecks, and that one developer who always seems to break the build, I’ve learned that the right Git workflow isn’t about following dogma. It’s about understanding what actually works when the pressure is on and production is down.
Let me walk you through the workflows that matter in 2025, the daily practices that separate high-performing teams from the rest, and the commands you’ll actually use when things go sideways at 3 AM.
Common Enterprise Git Workflows
The enterprise world has essentially converged on three major workflows, each with distinct advantages depending on your deployment model and team structure. According to 2025 data, 93% of organizations have adopted GitOps methodologies, with 68% planning to increase their usage. But…