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When you clone from this repository, by default you'll getthe master branch, the latest, most recent version of the code base. This branch is under active development and ultimately will become the next major release of IGB.

If you develop IGB're developing the core IGB code base, you should issue pull requests make changes to the master branch only.

To develop IGB, we use the Forking Workflow described in https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/forking-workflow

. For details, see Developing IGB.

IGB versioning - major and minor releases

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Before making a major release, the IGB core development team contacts everyone we know of who is developing IGB Apps to alert them to upcoming changes in the API.

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IGB release cycle - road map for 2016

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