Procedures for publishing the source code to live production site online

gistfile1.txt

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|	Feature   |
+--------------------+	
	Start a new feature
	|- Development of new features starting from the 'develop' branch.

	
	Finish up a feature
	|- Finish the development of a feature.
		|- Merges the feature branch into 'develop'
		|- Removes the feature branch
		|- Switches to 'master' branch	
		|- Merges 'develop' into 'master'

	Online publish 
	|- Switches to 'master' branch	
	|- get latest code from master 
	|- replace file into online 
	
	
+----------------+	
|  Release    |
+----------------+
	Start a new release 
	|- Development of new release starting from the 'develop' branch.
	
	
	Finish up a release
	|- Finish the development of a release.
		|- Merges the release branch back into 'master'
		|- Back-merges the release into 'develop'
		|- Removes the release branch
		

	Online publish 
	|- Switches to 'master' branch	
	|- get latest code from master 
	|- replace file into online 
	
+----------------+
|  Hotfixes   |
+----------------+
	Start a new hotfixes 
	|- Development of new hotfixes starting from the 'master' branch.
	
	
	Finish up a hotfixes
	|- Finish the hotfixes.
		|- Merges the hotfixes branch back into 'master'
		|- Back-merges the hotfixes into 'develop'	
		|- Removes the hotfixes branch
		
	Online publish 
	|- Switches to 'master' branch	
	|- get latest code from master 
	|- replace file into online 	
		
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| Daily check |
+------------------+
	|- Switches to 'master' branch	
	|- Merges 'develop' into 'master'
	|- Switches to 'develop' branch	
	|- Merges 'master' into 'develop'
	
	
	|- Switches to the current branch ( release / feature )
	|- Merges 'develop' into current branch


Ref : http://danielkummer.github.io/git-flow-cheatsheet/