Typical Daily Workflow

1.  Pull (main)              → get the latest
2.  Checkout -b feature/xyz  → new branch for your work
3.  [Work, change files]
4.  Stage (add)              → pick what goes into the commit
5.  Commit                   → local snapshot with a message
6.  (repeat 3-5 as many times as needed)
7.  Push                     → send the branch to GitLab
8.  Merge Request on GitLab  → ask for review
9.  (after approval) Merge into main via GitLab
10. Pull (main) again        → update locally
11. Delete the local/remote feature branch (housekeeping)