Branches Naming

Branch Naming structure

Of course the developers can use any name for their branch.

If however this branch aims at be merged with the develop the following naming convention should be respected

• fixes/XXX: Fix specific (groups of) bugs. To be used for extended fixes, otherwise there is the branch bug-fixes. Examples: fixes/issue-XXX
• maintain/XXX: Maintenance of specific modules/procedure/.... Limited modifications. No revolutions. Examples: maintain/RIM, maintain/cutoff
• phys/XXX: New physics. Examples: phys/ph-dyn, phys/raman, phys/vertex...
• refact/XXX: Deep refactorization of specific procedures/modules. Examples: refact/FFT, refact/parallel-IO, refact/msg...
• tech/XXX: New technical aspects/modules/procedures. Examples: tech/CUDA, tech/FFTW, tech/SLK

In addition the developers team will use two more labels

• merged/YYY/XXX: where we will store the branches (here YYY/XXX) after being merged
• nonactive/YYY/XXX: where the branches inactive for more than 1 year will be moved