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 Before we can merge your pull request you need to accept our CLA [here](https://github.com/espocrm/cla). It's very simple to do.
 
+Branches:
+
+* hotfix/* – an upcoming maintenance release; fixes should be pushed to this branch;
+* master – an upcoming minor or major release; new features should be pushed to this branch;
+* stable – a last stable release.
+
 ### How to make a translation
 
 Build po file with command: