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  32                 <h1 id="Merge">Merge</h1>
  33                 <p>A merge incorporates changes from named commits (since the time their histories diverged from the current branch) into the current branch. </p>
  34                 <h2 id="Merging_a_branch_or_a_tag_into_the_current_branch">Merging a branch or a tag into the current branch</h2>
  35                 <p>Note: Egit currently supports only fast-forward merges (see below).</p>
  36                 <p>In the Package Explorer or Navigator, open the context menu on a project node.
  37                         Select Team -&gt;Merge...</p>
  38                 <p>Now the merge dialog opens:</p>
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  42                 <p>On the dialog, select a branch or a tag you want to merge with your current branch. After pressing the Merge button,
  43                         the following scenarios can occur:</p>
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  45                         <li>Already up to date: Your current branch points to a commit that has the selected branch or tag as predecessor. In this case nothing is changed.</li>
  46                         <li>Fast-forward:  Your current branch points to a commit that is a predecessor of the selected branch or tag.  In this case your branch is moved and points to the selected branch or tag; this new HEAD is checked out to the working tree. Fast-forward is very common when working with remote repositories: When a remote tracking branch is updated, the merge with the corresponding branch generally is a fast-forward. You can perform a pull by fetching the remote branch (e.g. origin/master) and merging it into the corresponding local branch (e.g. master).</li>
  47                         <li>Real merge: When neither of the conditions above apply egit triggers a merge of the commits. This is not implemented yet.</li>
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