@hotfix
Emergency production fixes. Minimal changes, fast testing, merge to master with tag.
When to Use
- P0 CRITICAL only
- Production down or severely degraded
- Data loss/corruption risk
Workflow
- Branch —
git checkout master && git pull && git checkout -b hotfix/{id}-{slug} - Minimal fix — No refactoring, fix bug only
- Smoke test — Critical path verification
- Merge —
git checkout master && git merge hotfix/{branch} --no-edit - Tag —
git tag -a v{VERSION} -m "Hotfix: {description}" - Push —
git push origin master --tags
Output
Hotfix merged, tagged, pushed. Issue closed.
See Also
- @bugfix — P1/P2 quality fixes
- @issue — Classification
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