Pull Request Vocabulary
In the following table, we list words and expressions from reviewed pull requests for which we had to lookup the exact meaning.
| Date | Expression | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 03/08/2026 | “Also, bumping the dimensions surfaced a bug […]” | ‘Bumping’ refers to ‘changing’ and ‘to surface’ equals ‘to cause’ in this context. “Changing the dimensions caused a bug.” |
| 03/08/2026 | “These figures supersede an earlier table […]” | ‘To supersede’ means ‘to take the place of sth.’. “The figures replace the content shown in earlier tables.” |
| 07/08/2026 | “[…] so bump the pom ‘argLine’ property […]” | ‘To bump sth.’ means ‘to change or rework sth.’. |
| 07/08/2026 | “Verified green: […]” | ‘Green’ refers to the color of successful CI workflows. It was verified that CI workflows were successful. |
| 18/08/2026 | “[…] the payload queue has drained to the low watermark […]” | ‘To drain’ means ‘to disappear gradually’. “The queue shrank gradually to the watermark.” |
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