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 # woof
 
-lsit web operations and optimizations federation
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+lsit web operations and optimizations federation
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+## submit an issue
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+please create a new branch for each site, where `$pantheon_site_name` is a site's full `department-ucsb-edu-v0x` identifier:
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+`git checkout -b $pantheon_site_name`
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+## file storage
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+please document or track any custom modules/CSS/adjustments in place for a given site within its branch.