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authorMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2020-05-24 15:00:07 -0400
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Development Process
-------------------
-The `master` branch is regularly built (see doc/build-*.md for instructions) and tested, but is not guaranteed to be
+The `master` branch is regularly built (see `doc/build-*.md` for instructions) and tested, but it is not guaranteed to be
completely stable. [Tags](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags) are created
-regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions of Bitcoin Core.
+regularly from release branches to indicate new official, stable release versions of Bitcoin Core.
+
+The https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui repository is used exclusively for the
+development of the GUI. Its master branch is identical in all monotree
+repositories. Release branches and tags do not exist, so please do not fork
+that repository unless it is for development reasons.
The contribution workflow is described in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
and useful hints for developers can be found in [doc/developer-notes.md](doc/developer-notes.md).