✅ Completed: main Branch Consolidation

Completed Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Team: CCG Contributors
Status: ✅ Completed
Owner: Syamala

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Update Complete

The branch consolidation is complete. main is now the default and active branch going forward.

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📋 What Was Done?

On Tuesday July 7, develop was consolidated into main.

main is now the repository default branch and the active working branch going forward.

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💡 Why Are We Doing This?

Reason	Detail
CI/CD default branch	GitHub Actions deployment workflows are triggered from the repository's default branch. Having the default branch (main) diverge from the working branch (develop) creates unnecessary complexity.
Industry standard	It is good practice to keep main as the default and authoritative branch.
Reduces confusion	Contributors cloning the repo or opening PRs land on main by default. After consolidation, this will reflect the current working state.

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🔖 Backup Tags

Both branches were tagged at their previous state before consolidation. These tags remain available permanently.

Tag	Branch	Link
backup/develop-before-consolidation	develop	View tag
backup/main-before-consolidation	main	View tag

Tags are permanent rollback points

If anything goes wrong after consolidation, these tags can be used to restore either branch to its pre-consolidation state.

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🌿 Current Branch State

Branch	Before	Now
main	Locked, stale (pre-restructure state)	Default and active working branch
develop	Active working branch	Consolidated into main

• New pull requests should target main
• Local workflows, scripts, and branch references should now use main

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✅ What You Need To Do Now

• Run git fetch origin --prune to sync branch references locally
• Switch to main and pull latest
• If your local workflow still references develop, update scripts/configs to main

git fetch origin
git checkout main
git pull origin main

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📚 Resources

Resource	Link
Merchant Internal Content Guide	View Guide
Branch Protection Settings	(GitHub → Repo Settings → Branches)
Dev Environment	docs.healthsafepay.com
Test Environment	developers.healthsafepay.com

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🏁 Bottom Line

Consolidation complete: main is now the default and active branch.
Update local references from develop to main where needed.
Backup tags remain available as rollback points.

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🔗 Related

• Previous: Branch & Deployment Restructure (June 26)

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Please align all ongoing work to main going forward.