FC0-U71 Software Development Concepts Practice Question
A developer creates a new branch in a version control system to work on a new feature. After completing the feature, the developer wants to combine the changes from the feature branch back into the main branch. What is this process called?
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Merging
Merging combines changes from one branch into another.
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Committing
Why it's wrong here
Committing saves changes to a local repository.
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Forking
Why it's wrong here
Forking creates a copy of a repository, typically on a server.
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Branching
Why it's wrong here
Branching creates a separate line of development.
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Merging
Why this is correct
Merging integrates changes from one branch into another.
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