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doc/contributing: mention the word “backporting” for grep-ability
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@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Additional information.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
If you're cherry-picking a commit to a stable release branch, always use <command>git cherry-pick -xe</command> and ensure the message contains a clear description about why this needs to be included in the stable branch.
If you're cherry-picking a commit to a stable release branch (“backporting”), always use <command>git cherry-pick -xe</command> and ensure the message contains a clear description about why this needs to be included in the stable branch.
</para>
<para>
An example of a cherry-picked commit would look like this: