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# Merge Change Requests from a Stream wizard

In the Merge Change Requests from a Stream wizard, merge changes from requests owned by another stream into a target stream.

Merge uses a work area to apply changes and process conflicts. This enables you to safely merge, build, and test before delivering the merge results to a target stream in a repository.

Field | Description | Rules and guidelines
--- | --- | ---
Merge changes from the request(s) | Displays the selected requests. To select different requests do one of the following: Click Select and use the Request Selection wizard to choose requests. Enter the change request IDs and separate each one with a comma. | You cannot merge request changes from different streams in the same merge operation.
Include changes from this stream | If the requests you specified belong to the same stream, displays the stream ID. To select a different stream do one of the following: Click Select and select an option in the Select Stream dialog box. If you select Another stream, do one of the following: Enter a text string to display only those stream names that contain the characters in your string. For example, to find QLARIUS:JAVA_BRANCHA, enter vs. Select a stream from the list. Favorite streams and recently used streams are displayed at the top. Optionally select a version of this stream on which to base the new stream, and click OK. Enter the stream ID and, optionally, a version number in this format: PRODUCT:STREAM_NAME;VERSION For example: QLARIUS:JAVA_BRANCHA;5 | You can only merge from the latest version of the stream.
Merge changes into this target stream | Displays the target stream for the merge. To select a different stream do one of the following: Click Select and select one of the options in the Select Stream dialog box. If you select Another stream do one of the following: Start typing the ID of a stream. Streams that contain any characters in the string are displayed. For example, to find QLARIUS:VS_BRANCHA, enter vs Select a stream from the list. Favorite streams and recently used streams are displayed at the top. Click OK. Enter the stream ID in this format: PRODUCT:STREAM_NAME For example: QLARIUS:JAVA_BRANCHA | You can merge only into the latest version of the target stream.
Merge using this work area | Select the work area where to perform the merge, or enter the work area path. |
Perform an interactive merge | Interactively review the merge results before applying them to the work area. |
Also include items related to child requests | Merges all items that are related to child Dimensions CM requests of the selected change requests. |
Advanced | Click to display advanced options. |
Include repository file | Enter an expression to only include specific file types in the merge. | * is a wildcard character that matches any number of characters. ? matches any single character. | joins or concatenates multiple expressions. \ is a separator for folders and directories (Windows and UNIX).
Exclude repository file | Enter an expression to exclude specific file types from the merge |
Apply repository date and time | Apply the repository date and time to the files in the work area. |
Cherrypick file changes | By default, only the file changes associated with the selected request(s) are merged. To merge all changes, clear this option. For details about cherrypicking, see Merge specific changes between streams. |
Auto merge non-conflicting file content | Automatically merge files that don't have conflicts. You can also select a default character set that is used to transcode Unicode files before merging. |

For an automatic non-interactive merge, click Merge.

For a manual interactive merge, click Next.

If there are no conflicts during a non-interactive merge, the merge completes successfully.

If there are conflicts, or you selected an interactive (manual) merge, the Review Changes page opens. Review the conflicts and select a resolution for each one. Then click Merge.

After the merge has completed successfully, you can deliver the files to the repository.

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