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Branch states

Up-to-date

Branch is up to date with parent

Forward

Branch has at least one change whilst its parent branch is unchanged. This is the required state for merging a branch.

Behind

Parent branch has at least one change whilst the branch is unchanged. Branch can be safely rebased in this state, to bring in the parent changes.

Diverged

Branch and parent have at least one change. Branch must be rebased before it can be safely promoted, to bring in the parent changes before promoting the branch.

Stale

Branch is no longer associated with its original parent (and should be deleted).