Long-lived branches pile up merge debt until integration becomes a gamble. There is a named technique that ships a three-month refactor in releasable increments, and its final step is deletion.
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How do you land a refactor that needs three months without keeping a branch open for three months?
Long-lived branches pile up merge debt until integration becomes a gamble. There is a named technique that ships a three-month refactor in releasable increments, and its final step is deletion.
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