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The `master` branch is the main branch where development happens.
Releases are tagged
-(e.g. [v0.21.0](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.21.0)
+(e.g. [v0.21.0](https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.21.0) )
and when a critical bug fix needs to be backported, it will be done on a
`<tag>-maint` maintenance branch.