Source Control glossary
Learn the meanings of Source Control-related terms.
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Branch
A set of changes in the app builder, associated with an app preview and with its own version history. A branch is the unit of work that you publish, and it can contain one or multiple threads. When using Source Control, a branch in the app builder UI maps directly to a branch in your Source Control provider.
Branch merging
The process that Retool uses to keep source control branches up to date by integrating changes from the default branch.
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Catch-up commit
A feature of Source Control that uses an automatic commit to keep branches up to date with main. Made obsolete by branch merging.
Collaborative branches
A type of Source Control branch that enables multiple users to commit changes and submit pull requests
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Multi-instance releases
A feature of Source Control that makes use of release artifacts and manifests to manage app releases across instances using a remote repository.
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Protect
The method by which you can use Source Control to manage changes to an app, workflow, agent, query, resource, and theme.
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