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 # Contributing To Hush
 
-Please send a Github Pull Request to 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.
 
-# More Coming Soon
+# Core Developer Workflow
+
+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: 
+
+* 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
+
+
+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.