Initial README
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+ALSA branches
+=============
+
+master - just stub with this text
+
+build - build code (not included to upstream,
+ can touch only alsa/ tree)
+mirror - mirrored code (from upstream)
+release - merged build & mirror trees for packaging
+
+Branch release
+==============
+
+Please, use --log for the git merge command to show the "subject" of commits.
+It might be handy to define these git aliases in your .git/config file:
+
+[alias]
+ bmerge = !git checkout release && git merge --log build
+ mmerge = !git checkout release && git merge --log mirror
