Finishing a Development Branch

The Process

Step 1: Verify Tests

Determine test runner from project structure:

• package.json → npm test or yarn test
• Cargo.toml → cargo test
• pyproject.toml / setup.py → pytest
• go.mod → go test ./...
• Makefile with test target → make test

Run tests. If any fail, report ⊘ BLOCKED:TESTS with failure count and stop. Do not proceed to Step 2.

Step 2: Determine Base Branch

Find the branch this feature diverged from: