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Announcement: insider branch eliminated — simplified branching strategy #1096

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What Changed

The \insider\ branch has been archived and eliminated from the active branching strategy. Squad now uses 2 long-lived branches instead of 3:

Before After
\main\ (stable) \main\ (stable)
\dev\ (development) \dev\ (development)
\insider\ (pre-release) (archived to \�rchive/insider-legacy)

Why

  • Zero open PRs targeted the insider branch — it was effectively abandoned
  • Branch confusion — contributors tried features on insider that only existed on dev
  • Version mismatch — insider (v0.9.5-insider.2) had a higher version than both dev and main, despite fewer features

What Stays the Same

Feature Status
\
pm i @bradygaster/squad-cli@insider\ ✅ Still works
\squad upgrade --self --insider\ ✅ Still works
Insider npm dist-tag ✅ Active — now publishes from dev
Branch history ✅ Preserved at archive/insider-legacy

For Insider Users

No action required. Same install command works. The npm insider tag will be updated to point to dev-published builds.

PR

See PR #1095 for all changes.

Activity

  1. bradygaster commented on Jun 9, 2026

    @bradygaster
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    Thanks for documenting this! The insider branch has been archived and we've fully moved to the two-branch strategy. Closing as completed.

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