- in JIRA, move your ticket to "In Progress"
- make sure your current branch is clean:
git status - checkout the latest release:
git checkout [release_branch_name] - pull the upstream changes on the latest release branch:
git pull origin [release_branch_name] - create and checkout a working branch off of the release:
git checkout -b [working_branch_name] - do your work on the branch
- when work is finished, stage your changes:
git add . - commit the staged changes:
git commit -m 'descriptive commit message' - make sure your branch is clean:
git status - if so, checkout the latest release branch:
git checkout [release_branch_name]