What trunk-based development means
Trunk-based development keeps integration close to the main branch. Developers merge small changes frequently rather than maintaining long-lived feature branches.
Feature flags complement small integrations
When incomplete functionality must be merged safely, feature flags can keep the code path disabled until it is ready. This separates deployment from feature release.
Automation is important
Frequent integration works best when tests, formatting, linting and build checks run automatically. The faster the feedback, the safer small changes become.
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