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 Branches:
 
-* hotfix/* – an upcoming maintenance release; fixes should be pushed to this branch;
-* master – an upcoming minor or major release; new features should be pushed to this branch;
-* stable – a last stable release.
+* hotfix/* – upcoming maintenance release; fixes should be pushed to this branch;
+* master – develop branch; new features should be pushed to this branch;
+* stable – last stable release.
 
 ### How to make a translation