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The release will have a branch in each participating repo. This is the branch where releases are made. This branch is named "open-release/RELEASENAME.master", for example, "open-release/zebrawood.master". Specific versions will be tagged on that branch, like "open-release/zebrawood.1". There is a Git branch that always points to the latest release in the series: "open-release/zebrawood.latest" might refer to "open-release/zebrawood.2" for example.
Docs
Documentation has a process for producing release-specific versions of some books. For information about preparing documentation for an Open edX release, see Open edX Release Documentation and Versioning.
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