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 * Trivial and _tested_ build and runtime fixes.
 * Documentations or metadata changes to ports, like [.filename]#pkg-descr# or `COMMENT`.
 
-=== How do I add a new file to a branch?
-
-To add a file onto a branch, simply checkout or update to the branch you want to add to and then add the file using the add operation as you normally would.
-This works fine for the `doc` and `ports` trees.
-The `src` tree uses SVN and requires more care because of the `mergeinfo` properties.
-See the <<subversion-primer>> for details on how to perform an MFC.
-
 === How do I access people.FreeBSD.org to put up personal or project information?
 
 `people.FreeBSD.org` is the same as `freefall.FreeBSD.org`.