# Why is master-48 branch divergent from trunk history?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-is-master-48-branch-divergent-from-trunk-history/1336>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-is-master-48-branch-divergent-from-trunk-history/1336 "2017-10-31T19:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-is-master-48-branch-divergent-from-trunk-history/1336/1 "2017-10-31T19:06:40Z")

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I noticed this when pushing a branch that I had incidentally created from the `master-48`… This divergence makes tree downloads much larger than necessary, and will make cherry-picks difficult.

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-is-master-48-branch-divergent-from-trunk-history/1336/2 "2017-10-31T19:10:14Z")

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The difference is inherent to the current relationship to svn.

If a topic is created of `master-48`, the associated PR should be done against that same base. Then, it should work out pretty well.

I am not sure to understand the difficulty added for cherry-picking.

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-is-master-48-branch-divergent-from-trunk-history/1336/3 "2017-10-31T19:11:34Z")

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Also, to learn more about how the release branch is created. See [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/ReleaseProcess#Release](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/ReleaseProcess#Release)