Sure. You can totally work on master. But I find that it's a lot easier to get confused about what's been merged, and to accidentally make mistakes, when you ma

Sure. You can totally work on master. But I find that it's a lot easier to get confused about what's been merged, and to accidentally make mistakes, when you make a habit of working on master. That's why I find that I make a lot fewer silly mistakes if I just get rid of the local master branch for any repo that I am actively contributing to in a team environment.