[ravibhatt]

It is amazing to see how we declare something as too obvious or natural. Like trunk based development, so obvious that questioning it makes one a fool :-)

Git and its model was the best thing few years back. Now since google is doing all its dev in the main trunk/master, it must be correct and more intelligent.

Wouldn't it be a case that they went with what they had at a certain time and continue to use it as everyone is used to it and it still works? Not sure if google analysed if branching was bad and then chose trunk based development?

I cannot understand how a company that has a well defined process doing branches, is doing it wrong? or how it is so not optimal etc. I guess it is a matter of processes and culture. None of the great companies are great because their source control strategy (or code) was excellent.

We developers always over analyse everything and come up with excellent logic and some of us are gifted with words more than others.