When not to use this workflow

Following the pull-request workflow for every repository you push to can become quite cumbersome. Say you have a repository for your CV, following this workflow is unnecessarily complicated (even if there’s a friend helping out with your CV).

Typically, when you’re directly working with a repo, the process is quite straightforward, even if there is another collaborator:

1. Add files using:

   git add <filename>
   

2. Commit the changes:

   git commit
   

3. Now, before pushing these changes, if there are new changes added to the repo, run:

   git pull --rebase
   

   If there are no new changes, go to step 5

4. If there are any conflicts, fix them and do the following:

   git add <conflict-free-file>
   git rebase --continue
   

5. Once the rebase is successful, it is safe to push the commit:

   git push origin master