• All commits to master and stable must be a pull request

• All commits reference a github issue number

• The Hot Fix branch is for quickly testing urgent bug fixes and patches that need to be incorporated into the current release branch

• The Master branch is a release preparation branch, once a feature is ready for release it is merged in to the master via a pull request tested and then included in the next release branch

• Once a project is ready to be incorporated into a release it is added to the master (release preparation) branch via a pull request

• The project branches are used by developers to create new applications and features, this can be done in a separate fork too, when projects are done the branch is removed

• Forks can be used for

  1. preparing bug fixes when can then be added to the hot fix branch with a pull request
  2. performing development work which does not merit a new named branch in the main repo
  3. by external developers

Mylyn users: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2012/08/28/tips-and-tricks-using-eclipse-with-github/

Github help: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests