True Harvest - Development Workflow

This project follows a strict branching strategy to ensure the stability of the Live application while allowing for rapid development of new features.

🌳 Branching Strategy

1. main (Production / Live)

• Do not push directly to this branch.
• This branch contains the code currently deployed to the live website (trueharvest.world).
• Only merge into main when a feature is 100% tested and ready.

2. dev (Development / Staging)

• All new development happens here.
• When you are working on the app, ensure you are on this branch:

  git checkout dev

• Pushing to this branch creates a "Preview Deployment" (if using Vercel/Netlify) that you can share for testing.

🚀 How to Develop Safely

1. Start coding: Ensure you are on the dev branch.

   git checkout dev
   npm run dev

   You will see a "DEV MODE" badge in the app header.

2. Save your changes:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Added new feature: ..."
   git push origin dev

3. Go Live: When you are ready to update the real website:

   git checkout main
   git merge dev
   git push origin main
   git checkout dev  # Always go back to dev immediately!

🛠 Setup New Repository

If moving this code to a new GitHub repository:

# 1. Point to new repo
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/YourUsername/new-repo.git

# 2. Push Live State
git push -u origin main

# 3. Create and Push Dev State
git checkout -b dev
git push -u origin dev