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- Split the long-term development in to pieces that can be checked in to master as they are finished.
- Add pieces back to master with PRs as is done for mainline ACME development.
- Add When you enough code to execute some of your feature, add a test or tests for your new featureit. These tests won't be added to the main acme test suites until the feature is "officially added". If you have more then one, they could be part of a separate test suite. Your PR must still pass the standard ACME testing.
- Develop the next piece of your feature with a new branch from the head of master.
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