Promote compares or merges changes from a child, or derived, view to its parent. You can start a Promote View Compare/Merge session from either a parent view or a child view. To perform a Promote operation starting from the parent or child view, follow the steps below.
View Compare/Merge begins comparing the views immediately and opens a new StarTeam window in the Merge Perspective where you can resolve any remaining merge conflicts. Items with unresolved differences are easy to find. In the Merge Status column for each of these items, View Compare/Merge displays a question mark, followed by the word Unresolved. The component tabs and folders also display a question mark if they contain items with unresolved differences.
You must resolve each merge conflict before you can complete the merge and commit the changes.