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 # Branches, releases and versions
 
-Development is done on the `dev`-branch. When doing a release:
+Development is done on the `dev` branch. These changes are not necessarily yet stable and well-tested.
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+Once tested, they can be merged to the `master` branch in a _release_.
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+When doing a release:
 
 - Update version in `package.json` to the next version
 - Add relevent changes to `CHANGELOG.md`
 - Check that the user manual and development documentation is up to date
 - Merge `dev` to `master` (using `--no-ff`)
 - Tag the merge commit with the new version (prefixed with `v`, see the other tag names)
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+As an external developer, when forking this respository, you may choose to pull from `dev` and/or `master`, depending on your needs for latest versus stable changes.
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