I am new to git. I read through some naming conventions and saw different naming conventions for branches like hotfix/, bugfix/, feature/,etc. However, this is my first branch and all I did was update the readme with notes about required configuration settings. How should I name this branch? I believe this minor update has to be a branch so that I can submit a merge request in gitlab. Please let me know if there are any helpful documentations or if I am approaching this incorrectly.

CodePudding user response：

Branch names can be whatever you want. Feel free to establish your own conventions. Don't agonize over it too much.

The conventions for prefixes like hotfix/, bugfix/ and feature/ are intended for large projects and teams to organize their work. I rarely use these prefixes in my personal projects.

When working on a team project, we regularly discuss branch name conventions and agree as a group what they should be. On some times, I've used these prefixes and on others just use an issue number to associate it with a ticket in GitLab, GitHub or Jira.