The Merge Manager coordinates information gathering for a
merge, keeps track of status of the merge, and maintains logs of messages
related to steps conducted for individual elements involved in a merge.
To coordinate a merge, Merge Manager runs other tools and
maintains status as follows:
- The Merge Manager starts in a nonUCM context (that is, not
in a deliver or rebase operation). It runs the Find Wizard to gather information
that it supplies to Find Merge.
- Optionally runs Diff Merge for you to resolve merge conflicts.
- Keeps status of elements that are selected for the merge
and maintains a log of messages for each element (called an element log) involved
in the merge.
- Lets you save and retrieve the state of a merge.