branch
32
5.7
- noun
- /bræntʃ/
- Specialized
:
rama
- They can descend to over 600 feet below the seabed and branch into networks of subterranean passages.
But so if you then want to work on that branch, then you have to git check out that branch.
- But so if you then want to work on that branch, then you have to git check out that branch.
Examples
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After fixing the bug, the developer merged the branch back into the main repository.
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In software development, you create a new branch to experiment with different features without affecting the main codebase.
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Say we do create this new branch.
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The first branch is unresolved; no further branch processing is possible in that cycle.
Academic text (1994) -
The design adds a second branch processor to facilitate the execution of two branches in one cycle.
Academic text (1994) -
At a branch, a non-deterministic choice is made between the two branches, and PC is updated accordingly.
Academic text (2011) -
Operating system code typically has a high incidence of branches and few loops.
Academic text (1994) -
The RS/6000 machines execute branch instructions in parallel with the execution of fixed- and floating-point instructions.
Academic text (1994) -
Take this branch, follow it downstream, and you’ll see it empties into the river on the other side of the dam.
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To develop a new feature, the team decided to create a separate branch for cleaner version control.
Idioms
Compounds
80
3.9
The part of a government that carries out laws, led by a president or prime minister
- Formal
7
4.2
The part of government that says what laws mean and decides legal cases
4
6.6
A part of the police that deals with the country's safety and political crimes like terrorism or spying
How Long-Lived
- Specialized
32
5.7
- Specialized
1
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Branch comes from old French branche, meaning 'arm' or 'bough', and in software a branch is a separate line of work that grows off the main code, like a new limb on a tree.