From c8e997c7418027c29919c8b17926397f4f612252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Johnson <benbjohnson@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:56:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] README

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 InfluxDB [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/influxdb/influxdb.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/influxdb/influxdb)
 =========
 
+> NOTE: The master branch of InfluxDB is undergoing a significant refactor for
+> v0.9.0. If you need to build a working copy of InfluxDB, please use the
+> [`0.8.6`](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/releases/tag/v0.8.6) tag.
+
 InfluxDB is an open source **distributed time series database** with
 **no external dependencies**. It's useful for recording metrics,
 events, and performing analytics.