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+# Breaking Changes
+
+This document describes QMK's Breaking Change process. A Breaking Change is any change which modifies how QMK behaves in a way that in incompatible or potentially dangerous. We limit these changes so that users can have confidence that updating their QMK tree will not break their keymaps.
+
+The breaking change period is when we will merge PR's that change QMK in dangerous or unexpected ways. There is a built-in period of testing so we are confident that any problems caused are rare or unable to be predicted.
+
+## What has been included in past Breaking Changes?
+
+* [2019 Aug 30](ChangeLog/20190830.md)
+
+## When is the next Breaking Change?
+
+The next Breaking Change is scheduled for Nov 29.
+
+### Important Dates
+
+* [ ] 2019 Oct 04 - `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.
+* [ ] 2019 Nov 29 - Merge `future` to `master`.
+* [ ] 2019 Nov 30 - `master` is unlocked. PR's can be merged again.
+
+## What changes will be included?
+
+To see a list of breaking change candidates you can look at the [`breaking_change` label](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Abreaking_change+is%3Apr). New changes might be added between now and when `future` is closed, and a PR with that label applied is not guaranteed to be merged.
+
+If you want your breaking change to be included in this round you need to create a PR with the `breaking_change` label and have it accepted before `future` closes. After `future` closes no new breaking changes will be accepted.
+
+Criteria for acceptance:
+
+* PR is complete and ready to merge
+* PR has a ChangeLog
+
+# Checklists
+
+This section documents various processes we use when running the Breaking Changes process.
+
+## Rebase `future` from `master`
+
+This is run every Friday while `future` is open.
+
+Process:
+
+```
+cd qmk_firmware
+git checkout master
+git pull --ff-only
+git checkout future
+git rebase master
+git push --force
+```
+
+## 8 Weeks Before Merge
+
+* `qmk_firmware` git commands
+    * [ ] `git checkout master`
+    * [ ] `git pull --ff-only`
+    * [ ] `git checkout -b future`
+    * [ ] Edit `readme.md`
+        * [ ] Add a big notice at the top that this is a testing branch.
+        * [ ] Include a link to this document
+    * [ ] `git commit -m 'Branch point for <DATE> Breaking Change'`
+    * [ ] `git tag breakpoint_<YYYY>_<MM>_<DD>`
+    * [ ] `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
+
+* `future` is now closed to new PR's, only fixes for current PR's may be merged
+* Post call for testers
+    * [ ] Discord
+    * [ ] GitHub PR
+    * [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
+
+## 1 Week Before Merge
+
+* Announce that master will be closed from <2 Days Before> to <Day of Merge>
+    * [ ] Discord
+    * [ ] GitHub PR
+    * [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
+
+## 2 Days Before Merge
+
+* Announce that master is closed for 2 days
+    * [ ] Discord
+    * [ ] GitHub PR
+    * [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
+
+## Day Of Merge
+
+* `qmk_firmware` git commands
+    * [ ] `git checkout future`
+    * [ ] `git pull --ff-only`
+    * [ ] `git rebase origin/master`
+    * [ ] Edit `readme.md`
+        * [ ] Remove the notes about `future`
+    * [ ] Roll up the ChangeLog into one file.
+    * [ ] `git commit -m 'Merge point for <DATE> Breaking Change'`
+    * [ ] `git push origin future`
+* Github Actions
+    * [ ] Create a PR for `future`
+    * [ ] Make sure travis comes back clean
+    * [ ] Merge `future` PR