What a version tree may look like

Stabilization

branch

Release ‘X’

mainline

Isolated

development

project

Merging

into the

mainline

“Re-basing”

Merging

mainline out

Project done,

branch ends

Release

ships,

branch ends

Release ‘X+1’

mainline

Final merge from

prior release

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