Original post by Vincent Driessen.
Why aren’t you using git-flow by Jeff Kreeftmeijer
https://github.com/nvie/gitflow
« Git extensions (shell) to provide high-level repository operations for Git-Flow branching model. »
http://jgitflow.bitbucket.org/
« A maven plugin that allows you to use Git Flow and Maven Together »
Comparing Workflows @ atlassian.com
http://jgitflow.bitbucket.org/plugin-info.html