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to unshelve

to unshelve

7.4
Take saved code changes and apply them to the current work to test or merge
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈʃɛlv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recuperar
  • After reviewing feedback, he unshelved the patch so the CI could rebuild and pass.

Examples

  • The team lead asked him to unshelve the changes and resolve the merge conflicts tonight.

  • Can you unshelve the code for testing?

  • Before merging, she decided to unshelve the feature branch to run the tests locally.

  • I need to unshelve the latest changes from our project.

  • Before merging, she decided to unshelve the feature branch to run the tests locally.

  • The team lead asked him to unshelve the changes and resolve the merge conflicts tonight.

  • Can you unshelve the code for testing so we can proceed with the review?

Synonyms

to unstow
vsto unshelve
1 8.1

To take something out of where it is kept

refers specifically to getting stashed code back into the current working copy for testing

Antonyms

to shelve
11 5.0

To stop work on a plan or project for now

Phrasal Verbs

to unshelve the project
7.0

To start work again on a project that was paused or stopped

to unshelve (a proposal)
8.0

To bring back a proposal that was set aside for discussion

How Reintroduced

to merge
192 3.2
to unshelve
  • Specialized
7.4

Surface Forms

unshelve infinitive
unshelved past
unshelved past participle
unshelving present participle
unshelves third person singular

Morphology

unshelve = shelve (transparent) = un + shelve

Formed by productive prefix 'un-' reversing the verb 'shelve'; meaning is the predictable opposite of 'shelve' though one sense is domain-specific.

Etymology

Unshelve comes from the parts un- 'do the opposite' and shelf 'a place for keeping things'. In software people imagine putting code on a 'shelf' for later, so to unshelve is to take those changes off the shelf and use them again.