Rainer Müller <rai...@macports.org> writes: > These tags point to commits on the release-2.5 branch. The release > branch is created when master is deemed to be stable. Afterwards, > changes from master will only be backported (with git cherry-pick) to > release branches when we need them in a release, for example bug fixes. > > https://github.com/macports/macports-base/tree/release-2.5
Got it. Thanks for adding the extra specificity; I suspected cherry-picking was used and it makes even more sense now. > The release process documentation is kept in the macports-base repository: > > https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/master/portmgr/ReleaseProcess.md Doh! Thanks for pointing me to that. Great document and I'm embarrassed that I didn't already see it. Thanks, - George Plymale II