Branch format	Type	Description
develop	active?	The main development branch. git push-protected and modified via Pull Requests.
features/<issueid>-<human-readable-suffix>	active?	Created from develop and merged back into develop. Used to develop new features. issueid must match the related GitHub Issue.
bugfix/<issueid>-<human-readable-suffix>	active?	Created from develop and merged back into develop. Used to fix bugs. issueid must match the related GitHub Issue.
release/case<last-case-number>	archival?	Matches itch.io releases. Considered read-only.

Other branch prefixes may be used, if the change doesn't related to a GitHub Issue.

• Temporary
• Should have a related Pull Request - mark as draft when work-in progress or set as ready for review
• Safe to delete after merging the Pull Request
• Cleaned up, if no Pull Request exists for it

• Permanent
• Created for each itch.io deployment