section if the implementation is done, but a bug is being addressed.

* Any code that changes feature functionality must be done within 2 weeks of the release branch cutting. Even then it is
 at the discretion of the release managers if PRs will be accepted and merged into the release branch.

                    if (dependency != null) {
                        Dependency merged = mergeDependency(dependency, managedDependency, false, context);
                        if (merged != dependency) {
                            dependencies.put(key, merged);
                            modified = true;
                        }
                    }
                }

			// Same, discard one.
			merged = append(merged, a[0])
			a = a[1:]
			b = b[1:]
		case a[0].name < b[0].name:
			merged = append(merged, a[0])
			a = a[1:]
		default:
			merged = append(merged, b[0])
			b = b[1:]
		}
		if limit > 0 && len(merged) >= limit {
			break
		}
	}
	// Append anything left.
	if limit < 0 || len(merged) < limit {
		merged = append(merged, a...)

    @Nullable
    Object getInputLocation();

    default XmlNode merge(@Nullable XmlNode source) {
        return merge(source, (Boolean) null);
    }

    XmlNode merge(@Nullable XmlNode source, @Nullable Boolean childMergeOverride);

    /**
     * Merge recessive into dominant and return either {@code dominant}
     * with merged information or a clone of {@code recessive} if
     * {@code dominant} is {@code null}.

            metadata.storeInLocalRepository(localRepo, localRepo);
            merged = true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RepositoryException(e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public boolean isMerged() {
        return merged;
    }

    public String getGroupId() {
        return emptify(metadata.getGroupId());
    }

        Settings recessive = Settings.newBuilder()
                .pluginGroups(Arrays.asList("org.codehaus.plexus"))
                .build();

        Settings merged = SettingsUtilsV4.merge(dominant, recessive);

        List<String> pluginGroups = merged.getPluginGroups();

        assertNotNull(pluginGroups);
        assertEquals(3, pluginGroups.size());
        assertEquals("org.apache.maven.plugins", pluginGroups.get(0));

        }

        return new InputLocation(-1, -1, InputSource.merge(source.getSource(), target.getSource()), locations);
    } // -- InputLocation merge( InputLocation, InputLocation, boolean )

    /**
     * Merges the {@code source} location into the {@code target} location.
     * This method is used when the locations refer to lists and also merges the indices.
     *
     * @param target the target location

    }

    @Deprecated
    public void merge(File existing, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        merge(existing != null ? existing.toPath() : null, result != null ? result.toPath() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(Path existing, Path result) throws RepositoryException {
        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

        write(result, metadata);

	Totals  [60]AccElem
	LastMin int64
}

// Merge data of two ReplicationLastHour structure
func (l ReplicationLastHour) merge(o ReplicationLastHour) (merged ReplicationLastHour) {
	if l.LastMin > o.LastMin {
		o.forwardTo(l.LastMin)
		merged.LastMin = l.LastMin
	} else {
		l.forwardTo(o.LastMin)
		merged.LastMin = o.LastMin
	}

	for i := range merged.Totals {
		merged.Totals[i] = AccElem{

     * and will be merged, but overlapping ranges will cause an exception when {@link #build()} is
     * called.
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    public Builder<C> addAll(RangeSet<C> ranges) {
      return addAll(ranges.asRanges());
    }

    /**
     * Add all of the specified ranges to this builder. Adjacent ranges are permitted and will be