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title: "Branch Naming"
description: "General branch naming convention for Sentry repositories."
url: https://develop.sentry.dev/engineering-practices/branch-naming/
---

# Branch Naming

### [Format](https://develop.sentry.dev/engineering-practices/branch-naming.md#format)

Use the format `<username>/<type>/<short-description>`:

* **username**: your GitHub username
* **type**: one of `feat`, `fix`, `ref`, `perf`, `docs`, `test`, `ci`, `build`, `chore`, `style`, `meta`, `license`
* **short-description**: what the change is about, in kebab-case

For example: `johndoe/feat/add-resolve-action` or `johndoe/fix/empty-reference-handling`.