For historical context here is the classical paper on source control branching patterns I would normally recommend: "Streamed Lines: Branching Patterns for Par

For historical context here is the classical paper on source control branching patterns I would normally recommend: "Streamed Lines: Branching Patterns for Parallel Software Development" by Brad Appleton, Stephen P. Berczuk, Ralph Cabrera, Robert Orenstein. [1] It was presented at Pattern Languages of Programs '98 (PLoP '98). Incidentally, looking at the proceedings [2], Martin Fowler as co-author on another paper at the same conference called "Temporal Patterns". [1] https://hillside.net/plop/plop98/final_submissions/P37.pdf https://hillside.net/plop/plop98/final_submissions/P37.pdf [2] https://hillside.net/plop/plop98/final_submissions/ https://hillside.net/plop/plop98/final_submissions/