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shelveset

shelveset noun: a kind of changeset containing changes that have been temporarily set aside.

Noun

shelveset (plural shelvesets)

  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.2016, Wouter de Kort, DevOps on the Microsoft Stack, page 114

Forms of shelveset

pluralshelvesets

Origin of shelveset

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

Questions about shelveset

What does shelveset mean?
Shelveset means a kind of changeset containing changes that have been temporarily set aside.
What part of speech is shelveset?
Shelveset is a noun.
What is the plural of shelveset?
The plural of shelveset is shelvesets.

Words near shelveset in the dictionary

  1. shelve
  2. shelved
  3. shelver
  4. shelvers
  5. shelves
  6. shelveset
  7. shelvesets
  8. shelvesful
  9. shelveth
  10. Shelvey
  11. Shelvin

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