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In order to refer to a branch in one of the [[git]] repositories, for
example when submitting a [[patch]], you can use the
[[templates/gitbranch]] template. For example:
\[[!template id=gitbranch branch=yourrepo/amazingbranch author="[[yourname]]"]]

Branches referred to in open [[bugs]] and [[todo]]:
[[!inline pages="(todo/* or bugs/) and link(/branches) and !link(bugs/done)
and !link(todo/done) and !//" show=0 archive=yes]]
Long-lived branches in the main git repository:

debian-stable is used for updates to the old version included in
Debian's stable release, and debian-testing is used for updates to
Debian's testing release. (These and similar branches will be rebased.)
ignore gets various branches merged to it that [[Joey]] wishes to ignore
when looking at everyone's unmerged changes.
pristine-tar contains deltas that
pristine-tar
can use to recreate released tarballs of ikiwiki