Shelveset

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of changeset containing changes that have been temporarily set aside.

    "A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store as many shelvesets as he wants."

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"A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store as many shelvesets as he wants."

Etymology

From shelve + set. The term was introduced in Team Foundation Server, a source-control package introduced by Microsoft in the mid-2000s.

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