From 4bf3abe2b80b5f620ce588728194d6ce4f6779ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:44:21 +0000
Subject: Create stable branch at 17th

---
 doc/release/monthly.md | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/release/monthly.md b/doc/release/monthly.md
index 2c26a90589d..92c01c5d945 100644
--- a/doc/release/monthly.md
+++ b/doc/release/monthly.md
@@ -149,6 +149,23 @@ Create an annotated tag that points to the version change commit:
 git tag -a vx.x.0.rc1 -m 'Version x.x.0.rc1'
 ```
 
+### **6. Create stable branches**
+
+For GitLab EE, append `-ee` to the branch.
+
+`x-x-stable-ee`
+
+```
+git checkout master
+git pull
+git checkout -b x-x-stable
+git push <remote> x-x-stable
+```
+
+Now developers can use master for merging new features. 
+So you should use stable branch for future code chages related to release.
+
+
 # **18th - Release RC1**
 
 ### **1. Update GitLab.com**
@@ -222,11 +239,9 @@ Note: Merge CE into EE if needed.
 - Change the VERSION file in `master` branch of the CE repository and commit and push.
 - Change the VERSION file in `master` branch of the EE repository and commit and push.
 
-### **2. Create x-x-stable branch and push to the repositories**
+### **2. Push latest changes from x-x-stable branch to the repositories**
 
 ```
-git checkout master
-git pull
 git checkout -b x-x-stable
 git push <remote> x-x-stable
 ```
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