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Branch promotion is a relic of slow, manual software delivery

Explains why modern software teams avoid branch promotion, using continuous integration, feature flags, and production-like testing to streamline delivery and reduce risk.

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Branch promotion is a relic of slow, manual software delivery.

Modern teams integrate continuously:

This approach makes rollbacks instant—no need for painful cherry-picking. And it eliminates reverse integration, a practice that introduces more risk than it removes.

The best teams don’t manage branches. They manage flow.

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