Git Branch Naming Conventions
Overview
Guidelines for Git branch naming conventions
Working Model
I am mostly basing this on the Stackoverflow article in the #Reference section below.
Project tracking system
For now, assuming that Trac is the project tracking software. Changes are logged as "tickets". Branches should incorporate the tracking id found in Track: "T" + tracking id, e.g. "T0010".
Git branch naming conventions
Break the Git branch name down to "GROUP/
Commit messages
$ git log --oneline --decorate
The above command will list all commit messages along with the active branches that they are associated with. If a branch has been deleted it will not be displayed with git log.
Therefore, when making commits it's best to lead with the branch name. While the branch is active the lines from git log will contain redundancies, but later on after a branch has been retired the commit message can be used to audit commits.
$ git log --oneline --decorate