I believe what this post is describing is two different integration patterns and not two different workflows: continuous integration[0] vs long-lived branches.

I believe what this post is describing is two different integration patterns and not two different workflows: continuous integration[0] vs long-lived branches. Martin Fowler has a good post on the subject: https://martinfowler.com/articles/branching-patterns.html#ComparingFeatureBranchingAndContinuousIntegration https://martinfowler.com/articles/branching-patterns.html#Co... tl;dr: if you make big feature branches and take a lot of time to integrate them it's a painful process. [0]: <https://www.thoughtworks.com/continuous-integration https://www.thoughtworks.com/continuous-integration>