About merging files and directories in base ClearCase

A merge combines the contents of two or more files or directories into a single new file or directory. The DevOps Code ClearCase® merge algorithm uses the following files during a merge:

The version tree for the element opt.c consists of the main branch, on which are versions 4 through 8; and the r1_fix branch, on which are versions 0 through 6. Version 4 on main is the base contributor, version 6 on the r1_fix branch is a contributor, and version 8 on the main branch is the target contributor, which has a checkout labeled as the Merge output file. A merge arrow points from version 4 to the checkout.