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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 328b9f7859..ca9674d103 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ for more information. You can contribute to Erlang/OTP by opening a Pull Request. +Make sure you create a new branch for your pull request with `git checkout -b new-branch-name`. +Never do your work directly on `maint` or `master`. + ## Fixing a bug * In most cases, pull requests for bug fixes should be based on the `maint` branch. |