Use short, descriptive branches to isolate one coherent change and prepare it for review.
The reframe: a branch is a proposal, not a hiding place. GitHub Flow starts with a branch because collaboration needs a protected space. The branch lets you make changes without disturbing the default branch, but it also gives reviewers a boundary around the work. That boundary is useful only if the branch stays focused. A branch named checkout-tax-rounding tells the team what to expect, what tests matter, and who should review. A branch named misc-fixes makes everyone inspect the diff from scratch. Name the problem, not the mood Good branch names point to a real change: add-invoice-export, fix-oauth-refresh-loop, or remove-dead-webhook-path.…
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