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 Steps to build a new release:
-- Checkout the latest commit from the `8.x-1.x` branch.
+- Checkout the latest commit from the `12.x` branch.
 - Create a new branch for the release.
 - Commit any necessary changes to the release branch.
   -  These may include, but are not necessarily limited to: