What is the practice of branching code in a version control system?

The correct answer is B. Creating a copy of existing code, isolated from the original code. Branching means that you create a new version from the code that exists indepently from the original code. It is not isolated forever, it can be merged back later.

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ACombining two or more branches of code into a single code base
BCreating a copy of existing code, isolated from the original code
CReleasing a specific codebase into a production environment
DTagging or labeling a particular codebase as production ready

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Branching means that you create a new version from the code that exists indepently from the original code. It is not isolated forever, it can be merged back later.

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