# release-4.13 branch for ITK 4 bugfix patches

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/release-4-13-branch-for-itk-4-bugfix-patches/1166
**Category:** Engineering
**Tags:** git
**Created:** [July 31, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/release-4-13-branch-for-itk-4-bugfix-patches/1166 "2018-07-31T02:48:34Z")
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### Author: ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/release-4-13-branch-for-itk-4-bugfix-patches/1166/1 "2018-07-31T02:48:34Z")

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Hi folks,

We now have a

`release-4.13`

maintenance Git branch for ITK 4. Soon, the `release` branch will point to ITK 5.

While we will be focusing our efforts on ITK 5, critical bugfixes can be merged into the `release-4.13` branch.

Thanks,  
Matt