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 Working with Git_
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 .. seealso::
    :ref:`gitbootcamp`
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 .. _committing-active-branches:
 
 Active branches
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 If you do ``git branch`` you will see a :ref:`list of branches <listbranch>`.
 ``master`` is the in-development branch, and is the only branch that receives
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 .. _branch-merge:
 
 Backporting Changes to an Older Version
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 When it is determined that a pull request needs to be backported into one or
 more of the maintenance branches, a core developer can apply the labels
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 Reverting a Merged Pull Request
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 To revert a merged pull request, press the ``Revert`` button at the bottom of
 the pull request.  It will bring up the page to create a new pull request where