Stalna integracija (Continuous Integration, CI) je praksa, pri kateri razvijalci pogosto združujejo svojo kodo v skupni repozitorij, kjer se vsaka integracija samodejno preverja (kompilira in testira). To zgodi probleme v zgodnjih fazah in ohranja kodno bazo v zdravem, delujoči stanju.
Osnovna praksa
Developers integrate code FREQUENTLY (at least daily) into the shared/main branch:
→ each integration is AUTOMATICALLY built and tested (by a CI server/pipeline)
→ problems are caught IMMEDIATELY (on each small change, not after weeks)
→ vs the old way: developers work in isolation for long periods → painful "integration
hell" when finally merging diverged work (many conflicts, surprises, bugs).
