1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions causing a computer to implement a method, comprising: providing a first workspace of an on-demand database system, the first workspace having a first set of elements that include one or more organizational level features defining a shape of the first workspace, and including: organization settings, organization preferences, and organization permissions; receiving from a developer in the organization, using the first workspace having the first set of elements, creation of a version of code; identifying the first set of elements of the first workspace used for the creation of the version of code; extracting the first set of elements from the first workspace; storing the first set of elements in a computer-readable storage medium; identifying that a patch associated with the version of code is to be created; creating a second workspace in the on-demand database system for the creation of the patch, where the second workspace has no associated settings or permissions; retrieving the first set of elements from the computer-readable storage medium; integrating the retrieved first set of elements into the second workspace, such that the first set of elements of the first workspace are copied to the second workspace to replicate the shape of the first workspace in the second workspace; and after integrating the retrieved first set of elements into the second workspace, receiving a creation of the patch for the version of code, utilizing the second workspace; wherein the patch created utilizing the second workspace is horizontally branched from the version of code created in the first workspace.