Git branching and merging vastly out classes svn, coupled with its ability to version directory deletes and renames which svn struggled with, it makes much more sense than svn.

Most SVN workflows did not use branching and merging, becuase it was such a pain in the ass with SVN.

You folks are right about the confusion between git and the workflow, most folks use gitflow which uses master, develop and feature branches. Others like gitlabflow are quite different, but still make use of git's far better branching and merging.