Patents by Inventor Manni Arora

Manni Arora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reverting merges across branches
    Patent number: 11500623
    Abstract: A system for safely reverting merges across branches in version control systems where shared history cannot be rewritten is described. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying a first merge base at a trunk, the first merge base merging with a branch of the trunk; identifying, at the branch, a second merge base, subsequent to the first merge base, the second merge base merging with the trunk; forming a merge base patch branch from the branch at the second merge base, the merge base patch branch including a copy of the first merge base; merging the merge base patch branch with the trunk; and merging the merge base patch branch with the branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Cole Owen, Deepraj Dixit, Manni Arora, Harsh Sharma
  • REVERTING MERGES ACROSS BRANCHES
    Publication number: 20220236974
    Abstract: A system for safely reverting merges across branches in version control systems where shared history cannot be rewritten is described. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying a first merge base at a trunk, the first merge base merging with a branch of the trunk; identifying, at the branch, a second merge base, subsequent to the first merge base, the second merge base merging with the trunk; forming a merge base patch branch from the branch at the second merge base, the merge base patch branch including a copy of the first merge base; merging the merge base patch branch with the trunk; and merging the merge base patch branch with the branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Cole Owen, Deepraj Dixit, Manni Arora, Harsh Sharma