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+# TON
+
+Main TON monorepo, which includes the code of the node/validator, lite-client, tonlib, FunC compiler, etc.
+
+## Updates flow:
+
+* **master branch** - mainnet is running on this stable branch.
+
+    Only emergency updates, urgent updates, or updates that do not affect the main codebase (GitHub workflows / docker images / documentation) are committed directly to this branch.
+
+* **testnet branch** - testnet is running on this branch. The branch contains a set of new updates. After testing, the testnet branch is merged into the master branch and then a new set of updates is added to testnet branch.
+
+* **backlog** - other branches that are candidates to getting into the testnet branch in the next iteration.
+
+Usually, the response to your pull request will indicate which section it falls into.
+
+
 ## "Soft" Pull Request rules
 
 * Thou shall not merge your own PRs, at least one person should review the PR and merge it (4-eyes rule)