Patent ID: 8078589
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An automated method, comprising: storing, by a computer device, data associated with a version tree representing relationships between multiple versions of a file, the version tree including a plurality of branches, where the version tree includes a listing of merge-from branches to merge-to branches and where each of the merge-from and merge-to branches are associated with a same file; identifying, by the computer device, a file check-in request associated with a first version of the file; in response to identifying the file check-in request, automatically identifying, by the computer device, a merge candidate associated with the first version of the file, where identifying the merge candidate includes: merging, by a computer device, a portion of the first version of the file with a portion of the merge candidate, resulting in a merge result; and storing, by the computer device, the merge result.