- The duplication of an object under version control (such as a source code file or a directory tree) so that modifications can occur in parallel along multiple branches. Branching generally implies the ability to later merge or integrate changes back onto the parent branch. ← Wikipedia
- Related terms: Branch, Merge request, Trunk-based development, Distributed version control system
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