Background. During collaborative software development, developers often use branches to
add features or fix bugs. When merging changes from two branches, conflicts may occur if …

During collaborative software development, developers often use branches to add features
or fix bugs. When merging changes from two branches, conflicts may occur if the changes …

Context. Software development is a collaborative and distributed activity in which success
depends on the ability to coordinate social and technical assets. Version control systems …

Managing software versions can be a complex software development task as it involves
multiple stakeholders with differing interests. Proper management of the versions requires …

Context. Software development is a collaborative and distributed activity in which success
depends on the ability to coordinate social and technical assets. Version control systems …

With software development becoming an increasingly parallel process in which branching
lines of development is common, the shortcomings of unstructured merge techniques are …

Despite the best efforts of programmers and component manufacturers, software does not
always work perfectly. In order to guard against this, developers write test suites that execute …