Task: SUP.8.BP4: Establish branch management strategy.
Develop a branch management strategy where applicable for parallel development efforts that use the same source base.
Key Considerations

NOTE 7: A branch management strategy will include branch management, merging strategies, configuration item versioning in a branching system, branch parenting strategies and labeling strategies.
NOTE 8: A branch management strategy will define why and when branches will be created, which activities will occur in the branches, and how the branches will complete and/or migrate into the main source base.

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