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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,28 @@ non-patch flow.

### Branch terminology

Key:
- `F`: A feature commit
- `S`: A security patch
- `V`: A version (includes package.json and changelog)
- `*`: The release is run *after* merge (but the merge is a rebase, so the history flattens)

```
4.x is Current Major | 5.x is Current

feature | -F1 -F2 | -S1
| \ \ \
master | ---F1-------F2----------------------------------|--------------*--S1----------*
| \ \ \ \ / / \ /
4.x | ----F1- \ ----F2- \ -----------------*----------|------------/------\--S1(cherry-pick)
| \ \ \ \ / / \ /
4.18.3 | \ F1--- \ --F2---V4.18.3 | / \ /
| \ \ / \ /
5.x | -----------F1--------F2---------------------*---|---V5.0.0--------------*
| \ \ /
5.0(.0) | F1--------F2---V5.0.0-beta.1
```

"Master branch"

- There is a branch in git used for the current major version of Express, named
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