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The IGB project uses git for version control. Previously, we used svn (subversion) and cvs before that. We migrated from an svn repository on SourceForge to a git repository on Bitbucket in 2014.
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- Master branch - code under active development; developers issue pull requests to the master branch only
- releaseCandidate branch - code to be packaged for release to users on BioViz.org; do not issue pull requests to the currentRelease this branch.
When we package IGB for release on the BioViz.org Web site, we create a new tag. If you need to view the source code for older versions of IGB corresponding to specific versions released to users, check out the corresponding tag.
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