What branching methods are used in the Git version control system?

Git employs various branching methods to organize work with code:

• Feature branching — creating a separate branch for developing new functionality. It allows isolating changes until they are ready.
• Git Flow — a popular model with branches master, develop, feature/*, release/*, and hotfix/*, providing a structured development and release process.
• Forking workflow — used in open projects, where each developer works in their own fork and creates pull requests to contribute changes.
• Trunk-based development — all developers work in a single main branch (usually master or main), creating short-lived branches for changes.

Main commands for working with branches:

git branch feature-xyz       # create a branch
 git checkout feature-xyz     # switch to the branch
 git merge feature-xyz        # merge the branch
 git rebase master            # rebase changes onto the current base