### Important Dates
-* [ ] 2019 Oct 04 - `future` is created. It will be rebased weekly.
+* [x] 2019 Sep 21 - `future` is created. It will be rebased weekly.
* [ ] 2019 Nov 01 - `future` closed to new PR's.
* [ ] 2019 Nov 01 - Call for testers.
* [ ] 2019 Nov 27 - `master` is locked, no PR's merged.
git push --force
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-## 8 Weeks Before Merge
+## Creating the `future` branch
+
+This happens immediately after the previous `future` branch is merged.
* `qmk_firmware` git commands
* [ ] `git checkout master`
* [ ] `git tag <next_version>` # Prevent the breakpoint tag from confusing version incrementing
* [ ] `git push origin future`
* [ ] `git push --tags`
-* GitHub Actions
- * [ ] Switch all [breaking_change PR's](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Abreaking_change) to `future`
- * [ ] Any that have a ChangeLog entry may be merged immediately.
## 4 Weeks Before Merge