- in JIRA, move your ticket to "In Progress"
- make sure your current branch is clean:
git status
- checkout the latest release:
git checkout [release_branch_name]
- pull the upstream changes on the latest release branch:
git pull origin [release_branch_name]
- create and checkout a working branch off of the release:
git checkout -b [working_branch_name]
- do your work on the branch
- when work is finished, stage your changes:
git add .
- commit the staged changes:
git commit -m 'descriptive commit message'
- make sure your branch is clean:
git status
- if so, checkout the latest release branch:
git checkout [release_branch_name]