Hotfixes and release branches

Question

Imagine you are preparing a release, and you also have to make a hotfix. The docs say, you should merge the hotfix branch to master and develop branches. But what about the release branch? I guess I should also merge it here, right? Or should I merge the hotfix just to release and then realease back to develop?

Answer 1

Issue is debated here : https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/issues/177 , conclusion is that hotfix could be merged to the latest release branch with a post-flow-hotfix-finish hook.