Git Team Collaboration Best Practices – Final Summary of the 10‑Part Series
This article concludes a ten‑part Git series by summarizing team collaboration best practices, covering workflow selection, branch naming, commit message conventions, daily development steps, code‑review checklist, command cheat sheet, and a team agreement template to turn Git knowledge into actionable standards.
Git workflow selection
Three mainstream branching strategies were compared:
Git Flow – high complexity, suited for traditional software with fixed release cycles.
GitHub Flow – medium complexity, ideal for web applications with continuous deployment.
Trunk‑based development – low complexity, for mature teams with high‑frequency deployments.
For most teams the recommendation is GitHub Flow. The recommended configuration is:
Branch strategy: GitHub Flow
Long‑living branch: main Development: feature branches + pull request
Release: merge‑then‑deploy
Deployment frequency: on‑demand (daily or hourly)
Branch naming convention
feature/<name> – new feature
bugfix/<description> – bug fix
hotfix/<description> – urgent production fix
release/<version> – release branch
docs/<description> – documentation update
Examples: feature/user-login, bugfix/order-status-npe, hotfix/1.0.1-security, release/v2.1.0.
Commit message specification
Format
<type>(<scope>): <subject>
<body>
<footer>Types
feat– new feature fix – bug fix docs – documentation style – code style (no functional change) refactor – refactoring without behavior change test – test related chore – build/tooling perf – performance improvement ci – CI configuration
Example
# Good commit
feat(payment): add WeChat payment
- implement unified order API
- add payment callback handling
- add payment status query
Closes #123
# Bad commit
fix
修改
updateTeam collaboration process
Daily development flow
# 1. Start of day
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git checkout -b feature/xxx
# 2. Development
git add .
git commit -m "feat(scope): description"
git push origin feature/xxx
# 3. Before PR
git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
git push -f origin feature/xxx # clean history
# 4. Create PR, wait for review
# 5. After merge
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git branch -d feature/xxxCode review checklist
Functionality – feature implemented, no missing scenarios
Code quality – clear naming, no duplicate code, appropriate comments
Security – no vulnerabilities, no hard‑coded secrets
Testing – unit tests present, edge cases covered
Commit standards – message format, reasonable granularity
Command cheat sheet
Basic operations
git init– initialize repository git clone <url> – clone repository git status – view status git add <file> – stage files git commit -m "msg" – commit git log --oneline – view history
Branch operations
git branch– list branches git checkout -b <name> – create and switch git switch -c <name> – create and switch (new) git merge <branch> – merge git branch -d <name> – delete
Remote operations
git remote -v– view remotes git push origin <branch> – push git pull origin <branch> – pull and merge git fetch origin – fetch without merge
Undo operations
git reset --soft HEAD~1– undo commit, keep changes git reset HEAD~1 – undo commit, unstage git reset --hard HEAD~1 – discard changes (dangerous) git revert HEAD – safe revert with new commit git reflog – view operation history
Emergency operations
git stash– save current changes git stash pop – restore saved changes git cherry-pick <hash> – pick specific commit git rebase -i HEAD~n – interactive rebase git push --force-with-lease – safe forced push
Team agreement template
# Git Team Collaboration Agreement
## 1. Branch Management
1. main is the production branch; direct pushes are prohibited.
2. All changes go through feature branches + PR.
3. Branch naming: feature/xxx, bugfix/xxx, hotfix/xxx.
## 2. Commit Standards
1. Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>
2. Types: feat/fix/docs/refactor/test/chore
3. One commit = one logical change.
## 3. PR Standards
1. Title: <type>(<scope>): <subject>
2. Description: explain feature, changes, tests.
3. At least one reviewer must approve.
4. CI/CD must pass.
## 4. Forbidden Operations
1. No --force push to public branches.
2. No rebase of public branches.
3. No direct push to main.Series recap
The ten‑part series covered Git fundamentals, branching strategies, merge vs rebase, reset modes, remote collaboration, stash & cherry‑pick, hooks, and production incident handling. This final episode integrates the previous knowledge into a concrete team workflow and agreement.
Final takeaways
Understanding the three Git areas (working tree, index, repository), that branches are pointers, and that rebase rewrites history makes the commands intuitive. Remember three essential commands: git status to inspect, git reflog to recover, and avoid blind --force by using --force-with-lease.
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