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 ## Contribution Guidelines
 ### Branches
 
-- **Master:** The master branch tracks the last stable release.
-  - Releases will be done using release tags.
-  - Force push and pushes without group consent are disallowed.
-  - There never should be a merge commit from development into master!
 - **Development:** The development branch is used to add new features.
   - Only rebase of feature branches is allowed.
-  - On Release the development branch will be rebased onto master and a release
-    tag will be created on master
+  - On Release a release tag will be created
 - **Feature-Branches:**
   - A feature branch will be used to develop a feature.
   - It belongs to one developer only and force push is allowed.