This version of GitHub Enterprise Server will be discontinued on 2026-08-25. Discontinued releases are not supported. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features in GitHub Enterprise Server, see Overview of the upgrade process. For help with the upgrade, GitHub Enterprise Support.

Git workflows

GitHub flow is a lightweight, branch-based workflow that supports teams and projects that deploy regularly.

You can adopt the GitHub flow method to standardize how your team functions and collaborates on GitHub. For more information, see GitHub flow.