What branch namespaces are you using in your git based projects? I usually have

- backup/ with a git alias to create a ref from the currently checked out branch there so I can track progress over time

- debug/ for branches that end up with dbg enabled, additional prints, etc.

- <subproject>/ if work splits up into several branches of related topics

- applied/ to keep a ref of branches exactly as applied upstream when upstream uses mailing lists only workflow

- review/ for reviewing

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