[njovin]

If you're using something that supports it (like Github) a good middle-ground would be auto-merging PRs. Branch from main -> code -> PR w/ automerge -> move on to the next task. This would give you speedy merges to main branch with the protection of the per-PR build checks.

[dan-robertson]

Obviously I don’t know much about the normal git process (the one I use is a little unusual) but what is the alternative to auto-merging PRs? Do people need to manually hit merge once tests are automatically run and code reviewed or is there some smaller set of people with the ability to merge? Do people ever do code review after a merge to make sure it worked properly?