<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Branch-Policy on Martijn's Notes</title><link>https://vandenboom.online/en/tags/branch-policy/</link><description>Recent content in Branch-Policy on Martijn's Notes</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright © 2016-2026 van den &lt;span class='bold-rotate'&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;oom. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://vandenboom.online/en/tags/branch-policy/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Azure DevOps — Part 1: Repos, Branches, Policies and Pull Requests</title><link>https://vandenboom.online/en/posts/2026-azure-devops-repos-branches-policies-pull-requests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://vandenboom.online/en/posts/2026-azure-devops-repos-branches-policies-pull-requests/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Azure DevOps is Microsoft&rsquo;s platform for managing the complete software delivery chain: version control, CI/CD pipelines, project planning, package feeds and documentation. In this first part of the series we build the foundation: a Git repository, branch protection and the Pull Request workflow.</p>

<h2 id="setup-organisation-and-project" data-numberify>Setup: organisation and project<a class="anchor ms-1" href="#setup-organisation-and-project"></a></h2>
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