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Git Workflow & PR Review SOP
A ready-to-adopt SOP covering your branching model, commit conventions, a pull-request checklist, and review SLAs — so remote engineers ship consistently.
What's inside
- Branching model & naming
- Commit conventions
- PR author checklist
- Review SLA + merge rules
Format: PDF · 1 page · Free to use and adapt.
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Inside the template: Branching Model
A lightweight standard operating procedure your remote engineers can follow from day one.
Branching Model
- main is always deployable; never commit directly
- Branch from main: feat/, fix/, chore/, docs/ prefixes
- Keep branches short-lived (merge within 1–2 days)
- Rebase on main before opening a PR
The full PDF continues with: Commit Conventions · Pull Request Checklist · Review Standard.
How to use it
Three steps
- Download the PDF (email-gated, free) and open it alongside the process or agreement you already have.
- Read the sections in order (it opens with "Branching Model"); adapt the wording to your systems and jurisdiction, and mark anything your counsel or compliance officer must confirm.
- Share the adapted version with whoever will use it and revisit it after the first month — most teams trim it once the habit sticks.
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Git Workflow & PR Review SOP — FAQs
A ready-to-adopt SOP covering your branching model, commit conventions, a pull-request checklist, and review SLAs — so remote engineers ship consistently. It is organised into 4 sections — Branching Model; Commit Conventions; Pull Request Checklist; Review Standard — and covers Branching model & naming, Commit conventions, PR author checklist, Review SLA + merge rules. Format: PDF, one page, free to use and adapt.
Engineering managers, CTOs and founders onboarding or managing remote or offshore developers — especially teams adding their first distributed engineers.
Yes. It is free — we ask for a work email so we can send the download link. It ships as a PDF you can print or copy into your own document; adapt it freely for internal use. It is provided for planning and is not legal, financial, tax or compliance advice.
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