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 # Contributing To Hush
 
-If you find a bug or have a feature request, please send a Github Pull Request based on the `dev` branch or create a Github Issue using our issue template.
+If you find a bug or have a feature request, please send a Github Pull Request
+based on the `dev` branch or create a Github Issue using our issue template.
 
-# Core Developer Workflow
+## Core Developer Workflow
 
-This is our Hush Core Developer workflow. It is a living document that will change as our needs change.
+This is our Hush Core Developer workflow. It is a living document that will
+change as our needs change.
 
-Three will be three main branches in hush.git: 
+Three will be three main branches in hush.git:
 
-* master    - always-buildable tip development, dev is merged into this branch (--no-ff)
-* candidate - topic branch tracking the latest release candidate
-* dev       - latest tip of development, might be broken
+* master     - always-buildable tip development, dev is merged into this branch (--no-ff)
+* candidate  - topic branch tracking the latest release candidate
+* dev        - latest tip of development, might be broken
 
+The following branch structure will be topic branches off of the main `dev` branch,
+and track platform-specific stuff for the code leading up to the vX.Y.Z release:
 
-Only Pull Requests from candidate, for release candidates, documentation changes and urgent hotfixes get pushed to master. Any core member may push documentation-only changes to master without review, or urgent security hotfixes.
+* vX.Y.Z-win - Windows specific stuff for the vX.Y.Z release
+* vX.Y.Z-lin - Linux specific stuff for vX.Y.Z
+* vX.Y.Z-mac - Mac specific stuff for the vX.Y.Z release
+
+## How To Send Pull Requests
+
+Only Pull Requests from candidate, for release candidates, documentation
+changes and urgent hotfixes get pushed to master. Any core member may push
+documentation-only changes to master without review, or urgent security
+hotfixes.