The merge operation works with both non-writable and writable objects. This feature merges parallel versions, even when parallel check-in is prevented, in order to use the merge tool. In previous releases, the parallel check-in was not allowed, so the merge tool was not invoked.
If you request a task to be created automatically at the merge, the release value is obtained for the task from the project in whichfile_spec1 resides.
The merge command supports the following subcommand: