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I just created a new Launchpad project and started using Launchpad as
the primary host of the project.

It was a while since the last time I did this, and I found the process
confusing.

After creating the project, I clicked on the "Code" tab, which brought
me to a page listing various options for code hosting (mirroring an
external branch, using Launchpad as the primary host, maybe something
else too.)

I clicked the link to read the help about hosting the code on Launchpad.
I ended up on a seemingly helpful page
(https://help.launchpad.net/Code/UploadingABranch?action=show&redirect=CreatingAHostedBranch)
explaining how it works.

The page said "First up, tell Launchpad about your branch. Visit your
branch registration page and follow the on-screen instructions. " The
link to branch registration page was simple enough, but it gave me a
branch on a project apparently called "+junk", which wasn't quite what I
was looking for. In fact, it didn't explain at all what the +junk bit
means. Reading a bit more the help page showed it also talked something
about choosing a project on the branch registration page. There was no
such option there.

After clicking around a while, I noticed the "Register a branch" link
the project code page, which actually allowed me to create a branch
under my new project.

The help page should probably be corrected to reflect reality; it should
tell the user to click the register a branch link when looking at the
project's code page. And if the Launchpad code base makes it possible,
it would be nice if it the help page could still contain the register a
project link, but have it point to the correct project automatically.

** Affects: launchpad-documentation
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Matthew Revell (matthew.revell)
         Status: New

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help for creating a branch for a project links to +junk
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/432965
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