| AndroidX Core Team | 2e416b2 | 2020-12-03 22:58:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # AndroidX Branch Workflow |
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| 3 | [TOC] |
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| 5 | ## Single Development Branch [androidx-master-dev] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | All feature development occurs in the public AndroidX master dev branch of the |
| 8 | Android Open Source Project: `androidx-master-dev`. This branch serves as the |
| 9 | central location and source of truth for all AndroidX library source code. All |
| 10 | alpha and beta version development, builds, and releases will be done ONLY in |
| 11 | this branch. |
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| 13 | ## Release Branches [androidx-\<feature\>-release] |
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| 15 | When a library updates to rc (release-candidate) or stable, that library version |
| 16 | will be snapped over to that library’s release branch. If that release branch |
| 17 | doesn’t exist, then a release branch will be created for that library, snapped |
| 18 | from androidx-master-dev at the commit that changed the library to an rc or |
| 19 | stable version. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Release branches have the following properties: |
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| 23 | * A release branch will contain rc or stable versions of libraries. |
| 24 | * Release branches are internal branches. |
| 25 | * Release branches can **ONLY** be changed through |
| 26 | cherry-picks |
| 27 | * Bug-fixes and updates to that rc or stable version will need to be |
| 28 | individually cherry-picked |
| 29 | * No alpha or beta versions will exist in a release branch. |
| 30 | * Toolchain and other library wide changes to androidx-master-dev will be |
| 31 | synced to each release branch. |
| 32 | * Release branches will have the naming format |
| 33 | `androidx-<feature-name>-release` |
| 34 | * Release branches will be re-snapped from `androidx-master-dev` for each new |
| 35 | minor version release (for example, releasing 2.2.0-rc01 after 2.1.0) |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ## Platform Developement and AndroidX [androidx-platform-dev] |
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| 39 | Platform specific development is done using our INTERNAL platform development |
| 40 | branch `androidx-platform-dev`. |
