# A reminder about the default git branch -- it is the development version

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-reminder-about-the-default-git-branch-it-is-the-development-version/11950>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 2, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-reminder-about-the-default-git-branch-it-is-the-development-version/11950 "2012-10-02T12:28:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-reminder-about-the-default-git-branch-it-is-the-development-version/11950/1 "2012-10-02T12:28:26Z")

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Hi everyone!

I've seen a lot of folks "using ansible in production" using the  
development branch, which is the default branch of github.

While I am very thankful for the high quality of testing this produces  
(very very very thankful and I can't say it enough), it's also  
something you should be cautious of doing, as the purpose of the  
development branch is to develop the next version of ansible.

We need a mix of folks willing to constantly use the latest and test  
the latest, but please do remember that the stable version is on the  
"release-XX" branch in github, and is not what you get when you do a  
top level checkout.

--Michael