finishing-a-development-branch

To finish a development branch, this skill verifies your tests, identifies the base branch, and presents four structured options: merge locally, push and create a pull request, keep the branch as-is, or discard the work.

The best way to merge a completed feature branch is choosing between a local merge, creating a pull request, or discarding it, with this skill applying automatic cleanup steps to keep your repository tidy after the workflow finishes.

Yes, you can discard work and cleanup a Git branch automatically by selecting the discard option, which removes the stalled development branch and keeps the repository tidy without requiring manual Git commands.

Yes, you need to verify tests before merging a development branch because this skill checks test results to determine readiness and will only present integration, rebase, or cleanup options after the suite passes.

Yes, this workflow supports creating a pull request from a local development branch by selecting the push and create PR option, which integrates your tested feature work into the identified base branch.

Your feature branch stalls when the base branch is unidentified, but this skill prevents stalled progress by determining the appropriate workflow path and presenting structured options to finalize the work.