Clarify that the new STABLE branch is branched off CURRENT, not renamed

Reviewed by:	emaste
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29317
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Li-Wen Hsu 2021-03-18 17:16:16 +08:00
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@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Git branch represents CURRENT;
all changes are first committed to CURRENT and then usually cherry-picked
back to STABLE, which refers to Git branches such as
.Ql stable/13 .
Every few years the CURRENT branch is renamed to STABLE, and a new
CURRENT is branched, with an incremented major version number.
Every few years a new STABLE is branched from CURRENT,
with an incremented major version number.
Releases are then branched off STABLE and numbered with consecutive minor
numbers.
.Pp