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The users of the version control system can branch any branch. Branches are also known as trees, streams or codelines. The originating branch is sometimes called the parent branch, the upstream branch (or simply upstream, especially if the branches are maintained by different organizations or individuals), or the backing stream.
Manual merging is also required when automatic merging runs into a change conflict; for instance, very few automatic merge tools can merge two changes to the same line of code (say, one that changes a function name, and another that adds a comment). In these cases, revision control systems resort to the user to specify the intended merge result.
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool, targeted at developers. It allows users to compare two or three files or directories visually, color-coding the different lines. Meld can be used for comparing files, directories, and version controlled repositories.
Contributions to a source code repository that uses a distributed version control system are commonly made by means of a pull request, also known as a merge request. [11] The contributor requests that the project maintainer pull the source code change, hence the name "pull request".
Show in-line changes Directory comparison Binary comparison Moved lines 3-way comparison Merge Structured comparison [b] Manual compare alignment Image compare Beyond Compare: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Files and Folders) Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes Compare++: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (C/C++,C#,Java,Javascript,CSS3) diff: No Yes partly No No No diff3: No No
Metadata removal tool or metadata scrubber is a type of privacy software built to protect the privacy of its users by removing potentially privacy-compromising metadata from files before they are shared with others, e.g., by sending them as e-mail attachments or by posting them on the Web.