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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-10-10 07:35:32 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-10-10 07:35:32 -0700
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4b347fe Clarify that doc fixes are okay in feature freeze 01669ad Avoid crashes when setting the cursor f2144ee Restore 'command-debug-status' functionality ec6e4b9 ; Minor addition to CONTRIBUTE
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@@ -189,7 +189,13 @@ If you are fixing a bug that exists in the current release, be sure to
commit it to the release branch; it will be merged to the master
branch later by the gitmerge function.
-However, if you know that the change will be difficult to merge to the
+Documentation fixes (in doc strings, in manuals, and in comments)
+should always go to the release branch, if the documentation to be
+fixed exists and is relevant to the release-branch codebase. Doc
+fixes are always considered "safe" -- even when a release branch is in
+feature freeze, it can still receive doc fixes.
+
+When you know that the change will be difficult to merge to the
master (e.g., because the code on master has changed a lot), you can
apply the change to both master and branch yourself. It could also
happen that a change is cherry-picked from master to the release