From 6961ad11d06e20bf4c8009329418dc326b452662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Marr <harry.marr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:42:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document release process

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+## Development and release process
+
+Each major version corresponds to a branch (e.g. `v1`, `v2`). The latest major
+version (`v2` at the time of writing) is the repository's default branch.
+Releases are tagged with semver-style version numbers (e.g. `v1.2.3`).