We are following git workflow same as here . I would like to merge release branch in both develop and master. I can't do this because after doing a merge commit in master branch, the release branch automatically closes even if i unchecked "close source branch" while merging to master branch. Due to this I can't merge release branch to develop branch. I have been looking at this for days, but was unable to figure it out neither in settings section. Wondering why is this happening even if i unchecked "close source branch".