doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add branch name in the
title of a patch if different than master.
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@ -1083,12 +1083,14 @@ guix pull --url=/path/to/your/checkout --profile=/tmp/guix.master
@end enumerate
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