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# Agile and Git
Information about using Agile concepts in GitLab can be found in [another location](../../../user/project/issue_board.md).
## Agile
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Lean software development methods focused on collaboration and interaction
with fast and smaller deployment cycles.
## Where Git comes in
Git is an excellent tool for an Agile team considering that it allows
decentralized and simultaneous development.
### Branching And Workflows
Branching in an Agile environment usually happens around user stories with one
or more developers working on it.
If more than one developer then another branch for each developer is also used
with their initials, and US ID.
After its tested merge into master and remove the branch.
## What about GitLab
Tools like GitLab enhance collaboration by adding dialog around code mainly