Crystal: Precise and unobtrusive conflict warnings

TitleCrystal: Precise and unobtrusive conflict warnings
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsBrun Y, Holmes R, Ernst MD, Notkin D
Conference NameESEC/FSE 2011: The 8th joint meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)
Date or Month PublishedSeptember 7–9
Conference LocationSzeged, Hungary
Abstract<p>During collaborative development, individual developers can create conflicts in their copies of the code. Such conflicting edits are frequent in practice, and resolving them can be costly. We present Crystal, a tool that proactively examines developers' code and precisely identifies and reports on textual, compilation, and behavioral conflicts. When conflicts are present, Crystal enables developers to resolve them more quickly, and therefore at a lesser cost. When conflicts are absent, Crystal increases the developers' confidence that it is safe to merge their code. Crystal uses an unobtrusive interface to deliver pertinent information about conflicts. It informs developers about actions that would address the conflicts and about people with whom they should communicate.</p>
Citation KeyBrunHEN2011:tooldemo
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