change backport branch creation steps

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## Create a backport branch
If you're about release a new major or minor version of Electron like `1.8.0`,
`1.9.0`, or `2.0.0`, first create a branch of `master` for later backports:
`1.9.0`, or `2.0.0`, first create a branch from the most recent minor release
for later backports:
Assuming you're about to publish `1.8.0`:
Assuming you're about to publish `1.8.0`, and the highest `1.7` release was
`1.7.6`:
```sh
git checkout master
git pull
git checkout -b 1-7-x
git checkout -b 1-7-x v1.7.6
git push origin HEAD
```