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Commit ca139e8c by Sytse Sijbrandij

Rewrite this section after suggestion from Achilleas.

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Only in case you need to release software to the outside world you work with release branches.
In this case, each branch contains a minor version (2-3-stable, 2-4-stable, etc.).
The branches start from master as late as possible.
By not branching as late as possible you minimize the time you have to apply bugfixes to multiple branches.
The stable branch uses master as a starting point and is created as late as possible.
By branching as late as possible you minimize the time you have to apply bugfixes to multiple branches.
After a release branch is announced, only serious bug fixes are included in the release branch.
If possible these bug fixes are first merged into master and then cherry-picked into the release branch.
Merging them in master first ensures you do not forget to merge them into master and encounter the same bug on the next release.
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