see what I was in the middle of doing, if any.

see what topic branches I have and think about how ready they are.

read mails, save ones that are applicable, and save others that are not quite ready.

apply them, interactively, with my sign-offs.

create topic branch as needed and apply, again with my sign-offs.

rebase internal topic branch that has not been merged to the master or exposed as a part of a stable branch.

restart pu every time from the next.

and bundle topic branches still cooking.

backport a critical fix.

create a signed tag.