1# Long Term Support (LTS) Branches 2 3This repository contains periodic snapshots of the Abseil codebase that are 4Long Term Support (LTS) branches. An LTS branch allows you to use a known 5version of Abseil without interfering with other projects which may also, in 6turn, use Abseil. (For more information about our releases, see the 7[Abseil Release Management](https://abseil.io/about/releases) guide.) 8 9## LTS Branches 10 11The following lists LTS branches and the dates on which they have been released: 12 13* [LTS Branch December 18, 2018](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2018_12_18/) 14* [LTS Branch June 20, 2018](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2018_06_20/) 15* [LTS Branch August 8, 2019](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/lts_2019_08_08/) 16