Added a branching example in README

Author: gh-andre

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ one on the `main` branch, so it's a dummy file that exists only
 for the purpose of surfacing the real workflow file on the `2.8.x`
 branch.
 
-Every time a release has been done, each respective workflow file
+Every time a release has been made, each respective workflow file
 must be renamed, so the build numbers would be restarted from `1`
 for the next target release.
+
+For example, when `v2.8.0` was ready to be released, a branch
+`2.8.x` was created, so some release work could be done on that 
+branch, while the `main` branch can be re-targeted for the next
+`v3.0.0` release. Once `2.8.0` has been released, the branch
+`2.8.x` will be used for patch releases - `2.8.1`, `2.8.2`, etc.