# nvie/gitflow

Git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model.

Repository: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitflow
Homepage: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-10-14T09:12:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 47, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6069, "days_push": 323, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 26792, forks 2619 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:47.125514+00:00)

## What it is
Git extensions implementing Vincent Driessen's git-flow branching model as high-level repository operations. Written in Shell, it automates creating and managing feature, release, and hotfix branches.

## Use cases
- manage feature, release, and hotfix branches in git
- adopt the git-flow branching model
- automate release branch creation and merging
- support multiple versioned releases of software
- standardize team git workflow

## When to choose
- your team releases explicitly versioned software
- you need to support multiple versions in the wild
- you want a well-known, battle-tested branching workflow

## When to avoid
- your team does continuous delivery (prefer GitHub flow)
- you want a lightweight single-branch workflow
- you need actively developed features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: version-control, cli, developer-tools
- domain: version-control, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: git-flow, branching-model, git-extensions, shell, command-line

## Member repositories
- nvie/gitflow (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.125514+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:55:49.770197+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:00.186342+00:00, sha f48eccc0573c)
  - site_page: https://nvie.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:00.189733+00:00, sha 72f699800633)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.