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Git Workflow Guide for Juniro Repositories

Overview​

This guide defines standardized Git workflows across all Juniro repositories to ensure consistent development practices, quality control, and efficient team collaboration.

Last Updated: January 21, 2025
Maintained By: Engineering Team

🎯 Workflow Principles​

✅ Consistency​

  • Standardized processes across all repositories
  • Uniform branching strategies for similar repository types
  • Consistent commit message formats and conventions

✅ Quality First​

  • Automated testing at every stage
  • Code review requirements for all changes
  • Quality gates before deployment

✅ Team Collaboration​

  • Clear ownership and responsibility definitions
  • Cross-repository coordination for dependent changes
  • Transparent communication channels

✅ Scalability​

  • Automated workflows for common tasks
  • Flexible processes that adapt to team growth
  • Clear escalation paths for issues

🏗️ Repository Categories & Workflows​

1. Core Infrastructure Repositories​

juniro-docs 📚​

Purpose: Strategic documentation and guidelines
Workflow: Documentation-focused

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production documentation
  - develop: Active documentation development
  - feature/*: New documentation sections
  - hotfix/*: Urgent documentation fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Docusaurus build validation
  - Link validation
  - Content review by subject matter experts
  - SEO optimization check

Release Process:
  - Weekly documentation updates
  - Major version releases for significant changes
  - Automated deployment to Vercel

juniro-design 🎨​

Purpose: Component library and design tokens
Workflow: Component development with Storybook

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Stable component library
  - develop: Active component development
  - feature/*: New components or design tokens
  - hotfix/*: Critical component fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Storybook build validation
  - Component unit tests (Jest)
  - Accessibility testing (WCAG AA)
  - Visual regression testing
  - Design token validation

Release Process:
  - Semantic versioning for component library
  - Automated npm package publishing
  - Release notes generation
  - Cross-repository dependency updates

juniro-platform 🤖​

Purpose: AI Agent Hub & Core Platform
Workflow: Platform development with AI integration

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production platform
  - develop: Active platform development
  - feature/*: New AI agents or platform features
  - hotfix/*: Critical platform fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Unit and integration tests
  - AI model performance validation
  - Security scanning
  - Performance benchmarking
  - API contract validation

Release Process:
  - Staged rollouts for AI features
  - A/B testing for new capabilities
  - Performance monitoring
  - Rollback procedures

2. Web Application Repositories​

juniro-web- (parents, providers, admin, partners, public)* 🌐​

Purpose: User-facing web applications
Workflow: Feature-driven development

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production applications
  - develop: Active development
  - feature/*: New features
  - release/*: Release preparation
  - hotfix/*: Critical production fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Unit and integration tests
  - E2E testing (Playwright)
  - Accessibility testing
  - Performance testing
  - Security scanning
  - Design system compliance

Release Process:
  - Feature flag management
  - Staged deployments
  - User acceptance testing
  - Performance monitoring
  - Rollback procedures

3. Mobile Application Repository​

juniro-mobile 📱​

Purpose: Cross-platform mobile application (React Native) Workflow: Mobile app development with shared codebase for iOS and Android

Technology Stack:
  - React Native + Expo
  - TypeScript
  - NativeWind (Tailwind CSS)
  - Expo Router for navigation

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production apps (both iOS and Android)
  - develop: Active development
  - feature/*: New features
  - release/*: App store preparation (both platforms)
  - hotfix/*: Critical app fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Unit and integration tests (Jest)
  - Cross-platform testing (iOS + Android)
  - App store compliance checks (both stores)
  - Performance testing
  - Security scanning
  - Design system compliance (shared tokens)
  - Accessibility testing

Release Process:
  - Expo EAS Build for both platforms
  - TestFlight (iOS) + Internal Testing (Android) beta distribution
  - Coordinated app store submission
  - OTA updates for minor fixes (Expo Updates)
  - Version management (single version for both platforms)

Shared Code Benefits:
  - Design tokens synced from juniro-design
  - TypeScript types shared with web applications
  - Same React patterns as web team
  - Unified testing approach

4. Infrastructure Repositories​

juniro-api 🔌​

Purpose: Backend API services
Workflow: API-first development

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production API
  - develop: Active API development
  - feature/*: New API endpoints
  - hotfix/*: Critical API fixes

Quality Gates:
  - API contract validation
  - Performance testing
  - Security scanning
  - Database migration validation
  - Load testing

Release Process:
  - API versioning strategy
  - Backward compatibility checks
  - Database migration coordination
  - API documentation updates

juniro-infra 🏗️​

Purpose: Infrastructure as Code
Workflow: Infrastructure management

Branching Strategy:
  - main: Production infrastructure
  - develop: Infrastructure development
  - feature/*: New infrastructure components
  - hotfix/*: Critical infrastructure fixes

Quality Gates:
  - Infrastructure validation
  - Security scanning
  - Cost optimization checks
  - Compliance validation
  - Disaster recovery testing

Release Process:
  - Infrastructure change coordination
  - Rollback procedures
  - Monitoring setup
  - Documentation updates

🌿 Branching Strategies​

Main Branch Strategy​

main:
  - Always deployable
  - Protected branch
  - Requires pull request
  - Automated testing required
  - Code review required
  - No direct commits

Development Branch Strategy​

develop:
  - Integration branch for features
  - Automated testing on every push
  - Pre-deployment validation
  - Feature branch merge target
  - Staging environment deployment

Feature Branch Strategy​

feature/*:
  - Created from develop
  - Descriptive naming (feature/user-authentication)
  - Regular updates from develop
  - Pull request to develop
  - Automated testing required
  - Code review required

Release Branch Strategy​

release/*:
  - Created from develop
  - Version-specific (release/v1.2.0)
  - Final testing and bug fixes
  - Documentation updates
  - Merge to main and develop
  - Tag creation

Hotfix Branch Strategy​

hotfix/*:
  - Created from main
  - Critical production fixes only
  - Minimal changes
  - Merge to main and develop
  - Immediate deployment
  - Post-deployment validation

🔄 Cross-Repository Coordination​

Dependency Management​

Design System Updates​

Process:
  1. Update juniro-design
  2. Create new version release
  3. Update consuming applications
  4. Coordinate deployment
  5. Validate integration

Coordination:
  - Design system changes trigger web app updates
  - Version compatibility checks
  - Automated dependency updates
  - Integration testing

API Changes​

Process:
  1. Update juniro-api with new endpoints
  2. Update API documentation
  3. Update client applications
  4. Coordinate deployment
  5. Validate integration

Coordination:
  - API versioning strategy
  - Backward compatibility
  - Client application updates
  - Integration testing

Platform Changes​

Process:
  1. Update juniro-platform
  2. Update dependent applications
  3. Coordinate deployment
  4. Validate integration
  5. Monitor performance

Coordination:
  - Platform API changes
  - Client application updates
  - Performance monitoring
  - Rollback procedures

🚀 Release Coordination​

Release Planning​

Weekly Releases​

Schedule:
  - Monday: Release planning
  - Tuesday-Thursday: Development
  - Friday: Testing and validation
  - Weekend: Deployment (if needed)

Process:
  - Feature prioritization
  - Dependency coordination
  - Testing coordination
  - Deployment coordination
  - Post-release validation

Major Releases​

Schedule:
  - Monthly planning cycle
  - 2-week development cycle
  - 1-week testing cycle
  - Coordinated deployment

Process:
  - Cross-repository coordination
  - User acceptance testing
  - Performance validation
  - Security validation
  - Documentation updates

Deployment Strategy​

Staged Deployment​

Stages:
  1. Infrastructure deployment
  2. API deployment
  3. Platform deployment
  4. Web application deployment
  5. Mobile application deployment

Validation:
  - Each stage validation
  - Integration testing
  - Performance monitoring
  - Rollback procedures

Feature Flags​

Strategy:
  - Feature flags for new capabilities
  - Gradual rollout
  - A/B testing
  - Performance monitoring
  - User feedback collection

🔒 Quality Gates​

Automated Quality Gates​

Code Quality​

Checks:
  - Linting (ESLint, Prettier)
  - Type checking (TypeScript)
  - Code coverage (minimum 80%)
  - Security scanning
  - Performance benchmarks

Testing Requirements​

Tests:
  - Unit tests (minimum 80% coverage)
  - Integration tests
  - E2E tests for critical paths
  - Accessibility tests
  - Performance tests

Security Requirements​

Checks:
  - Dependency vulnerability scanning
  - Code security analysis
  - API security validation
  - Infrastructure security validation

Manual Quality Gates​

Code Review​

Requirements:
  - Minimum 2 reviewers for core repositories
  - Subject matter expert review
  - Security review for sensitive changes
  - Performance review for critical changes

User Acceptance Testing​

Process:
  - Feature validation
  - User experience validation
  - Performance validation
  - Accessibility validation

🤖 Automation Recommendations​

CI/CD Pipelines​

Core Infrastructure​

Pipeline:
  - Automated testing
  - Security scanning
  - Documentation generation
  - Package publishing
  - Deployment

Web Applications​

Pipeline:
  - Automated testing
  - Build validation
  - Performance testing
  - Accessibility testing
  - Deployment

Mobile Applications​

Pipeline:
  - Automated testing
  - Build validation
  - App store submission
  - Beta distribution

Automated Workflows​

Dependency Updates​

Process:
  - Automated dependency scanning
  - Security vulnerability alerts
  - Automated update PRs
  - Integration testing

Release Management​

Process:
  - Automated version bumping
  - Changelog generation
  - Release note creation
  - Tag creation

👥 Team Collaboration​

Repository Ownership​

Core Infrastructure​

juniro-docs: Documentation team
juniro-design: Design system team
juniro-platform: Platform team

Applications​

juniro-web-*: Frontend team
juniro-mobile: Mobile team + Frontend team (shared React expertise)
juniro-api: Backend team
juniro-infra: DevOps team

Communication Channels​

Cross-Repository Changes​

Channels:
  - Engineering team meetings
  - Technical design reviews
  - Release coordination meetings
  - Incident response procedures

Escalation Procedures​

Process:
  - Team lead escalation
  - Technical lead escalation
  - Engineering manager escalation
  - Emergency response procedures

📋 Implementation Checklist​

Phase 1: Foundation​

  • Set up protected branches
  • Configure automated testing
  • Implement code review requirements
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines

Phase 2: Coordination​

  • Implement cross-repository workflows
  • Set up dependency management
  • Configure release coordination
  • Implement quality gates

Phase 3: Automation​

  • Automate common workflows
  • Implement automated testing
  • Set up monitoring and alerting
  • Configure rollback procedures

Phase 4: Optimization​

  • Performance optimization
  • Process refinement
  • Team training
  • Continuous improvement

📚 Related Documentation​

Last Updated: January 21, 2025
Maintained By: Engineering Team