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Xubuntu Git Workflow
The Xubuntu team uses Git for all version-controlled projects. While Launchpad's Git support is still relatively young, it is still very effective. Furthermore, Git is one of the world's most common version control systems (VCS) and is used upstream: both in Debian and Xfce.
If this is your first time working with Git, the Xfce Wiki has a great guide for getting started and some typical use cases.
https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/git/start
Setting Up Git
Launchpad
Git identifies repositories using URLs. Unlike Bazaar, there is no built-in abbreviation for repositories hosted on Launchpad, but it is very easy to add such a thing yourself. Edit ~/.gitconfig and add these lines, where USER is your Launchpad username:
[url "git+ssh://USER@git.launchpad.net/"]
insteadof = lp:
This allows you to type git clone lp:REPOSITORY and keeps the bzr and git workflows consistent.
Managing Launchpad Projects
At the time of writing (May 2018), Launchpad does not have full support for git for it's project management features. The following features are not fully implemented. There are ways to work around some of these shortcomings, as described below.
Linking Series to Git Branches
This is currently not possible. There is not much functionality lost here.
Translation Imports & Exports
Launchpad does not currently support automatic synchronization to/from Git branches. Instead, you can create an git-to-bzr code import, and import translations from this Bazaar branch. You can periodically download the translations for a project and sync them manually.