1 Preface

In this e-book, I will demonstrate how the Git divergent branches problem can be easily solved in small Git projects where the goal is to primarily work within a single main branch.

1.1 Who is this book for?

This book is aimed at researchers, data scientists, and programmers who use Git in their scientific projects and want to deepen their understanding of branch management.

1.2 Structure

The book is divided into three parts:

  1. Understanding Git operations and branching (chapters 2, 3, and 4)

  2. Three different methods for managing divergent branches (chapters 5, 6, and 7)

  3. Summary section - which the busiest readers can jump to directly! 🏃🙂


In the next chapter, we’ll dive into Git basics and how it works with branching.


Divergent Git branches - from problem to solution © 2025 by Ville Langén is licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.

CC BY-SA 4.0