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 We use the following branching model:
 
-* `master` is the stable branch. Building from here is the same as building
-  from the latest tarball, or installing a binary package. No development is
-  done on the `master` branch.
+* `stable` is a branch containing the content of the latest release. Building
+  from here is the same as building from the latest tarball, or installing a
+  binary package. No development is done on the `stable` branch.
 
-* `2.6.0` is the current development branch. All work is done here, and upon
-  release it will be merged to `master`. This development branch is not stable,
-  and should be treated accordingly. Make backups.
+* `develop` is the current development branch. All work is done here, and upon
+  release it will be merged to `stable`. While development branch is not
+  stable, we utilize CI to ensure we're at least not merging improvements that
+  break existing tests, and hence should be relatively safe. We still recommend
+  making backups when using the development branch.
 
 ## Installing