[videlov]

This article resonated with me be because I have also thought of branches as something ephemeral, with the ultimate goal of packaging and delivering a change to "prod". Perhaps this has to do with the fact that I have mostly worked on projects that have the concept of "prod".

The "what is a branch" question has been very interesting for me for a while. One alternative way of looking at it is as just semantic groupings as opposed to separate universes. For almost a year I have been working on an idea[0] of having multiple branches applied in the working directory at the same time. Why? To make it easier for me to organise my changes in small PRs (eg. bugfix, featureX, unrelated refactors etc). If anyone reading this is also into the 'what is a branch' question, I would actually like to get some critique / feedback & opinions

[0] https://docs.gitbutler.com/features/virtual-branches