Richard Stallman writes: > The concept of "accepted into the trunk" puzzles me. If someone has > write access, he can install his changes into the trunk, right? So if > he has committed all his past changes, there's nothing to merge -- > right? > > Are you assuming the case of a person who doesn't have write access > on Savannah? Yes, I assumed this was the case, i.e., the developer of the quick-fix sends his fix using the "bzr send" command and it isn't immediately integrated onto the trunk. To be more concrete, here is a little shell script which illustrates this scenario and error message you get if you do not use "merge".