I find it can depend on the project. I've been forced to do 1 for a project being developed from scratch and found the constant branching and merging really ann

I find it can depend on the project. I've been forced to do 1 for a project being developed from scratch and found the constant branching and merging really annoying and slowed everything down. Once the a project is large enough however, feature branches make a lot more sense as new additions to the project need more careful consideration.