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+## Create a branch from a tagged release
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+1. Go to the tagged releases (<https://github.com/specify/specify7/tags|tags>) for Specify 7
+2. Navigate directly to the last commit linked from the tagged release directly by clicking on the commit hash: (<https://github.com/specify/specify7/commit/a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4>) From here, copy the last component (full commit hash) from the URL (after /commit/)
+3. Open Terminal and went to the `specify7` dir
+4. Run `git checkout a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4` (replacing `a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4` with the exact commit hash copied in step 2)
+5. Create a new branch: `git checkout -b 7961` (the branch name is arbitrary, in this case it is 7961)
+6. Push it to GitHub: `git push -u origin 7961`
+7. Now you have a new branch based on a tagged release!