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merge changes

To combine separate sets of edits made to the same file, code, or other data in different versions or copies into a single updated version, resolving any conflicting edits.

In plain English

This means bringing edits from different versions or copies of the same content together. The result is one updated version that includes those separate edits. If the edits clash, the conflicts must be resolved as part of this action.

In context

Here, “merge changes” labels the action of combining edits from different versions or copies of that document into one updated version, including resolving conflicting edits.

Situation
Creating, saving, sharing, versioning, and restoring files
What it communicates
labels the action for combining separate edits in one document.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say which edits will conflict or how any conflict will be resolved.

Examples

“Before publishing the report, she merged changes from two edited copies of the same draft and decided which wording to keep where the revisions conflicted.”

Core meaning

“Please merge changes from the revised copy into the main document before the next review.”

In context

  • merge Broader Term

    This sense is a specific kind of merging that combines separate edits from different versions into one result.