GitLab Flow and Release Management
Explore the GitLab Flow, focusing on its integration with CI/CD and efficient release management practices.
What is GitLab Flow?
The GitLab Flow is a streamlined Git workflow that combines feature-driven development with release management and CI/CD integration.
It's designed to be simple, effective, and to work seamlessly with GitLab's built-in features like Merge Requests and pipelines.
Main Branch & Environments
At its heart, GitLab Flow uses a single main branch (often named main or master) as the source of truth.
- Feature branches: All new work happens here.
- Environment branches: Dedicated branches (e.g.,
pre-production,production) track deployed code. - CI/CD: Heavily integrated to automate testing and deployments.
All lessons in this course
- Git Flow vs. GitHub Flow
- GitLab Flow and Release Management
- Feature Branching and Hotfixes
- Trunk-Based Development and Continuous Integration