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@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Now you can deploy apps on your Dokku. Let's deploy the [Heroku Node.js sample a
 
 You're done!
 
+Dokku only supports deploying from its master branch, so if you'd like to deploy a different local branch use: ```git push progrium <local branch>:master``` 
+
 Right now Buildstep supports buildpacks for Node.js, Ruby, Python, [and more](https://github.com/progrium/buildstep#supported-buildpacks). It's not hard to add more, [go add more](https://github.com/progrium/buildstep#adding-buildpacks)!
 Please check the documentation for your particular build pack as you may need to include configuration files (such as a Procfile) in your project root.