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Asked: 2026-05-22T23:02:25+00:00

I am looking for some ideas as to how to branch my application so

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I am looking for some ideas as to how to branch my application so as to have a feature limited version of it.

Let me give a hypothetical. Lets say my desktop app interacts with all web browsers. I get into a partnership with the guys at Google Chrome who want to release a version of my app that works ONLY with their browser, and will exclude IE, Firefox, etc.

How would I go about doing this? I could create a separate branch in git, and then run my build script twice, while switching branches in between. I could also just copy the full code directory, and build from each dir.

A problem I forsee, is that I want bugfixes in my full program to automatically be updated in limited version as well. There are probably other problems that I don’t realize yet as well. So I’m looking for guidance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you fix something in your full program then you’ll obviously run your build script to check for regression bugs right? So maybe a targeted build script could be an option. I’d say that or look into adapting the use of flags (the guys at Asana are big fans).

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