nobody-finishes-a-development-branch

Finalizing a development branch involves running a pre-completion checklist to ensure tests pass, completing code review, and selecting an integration path like merging or creating a pull request.

To prepare a development branch for a pull request, follow a structured checklist verifying all tests pass, perform code review, and generate a summary report to document the completed work.

Before merging a development branch, you should verify that all implementation tests are passing and that code quality checks are complete to ensure proper branch management.

Yes, the branching workflow includes specific steps for managing and cleaning up git worktrees after you finish implementation and select an integration option.

You should decide to continue working on a development branch instead of merging when the pre-completion checklist reveals incomplete tests or when integration options indicate further implementation is needed.