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also allow decrementing through incrementing by a negative amount. The
change function provides the service to alter the product code or the coun-
try code or any part of the artifact name. The
gather function may specify
and link all the related artifacts by product code or by release number. For
example, we may gather all the related artifacts by a product and country
code and then export them to another organization. The
merge function
combines a change in one artifact into another artifact. This function may
be useful if a set of fixes or changes is made to an existing, released artifac ...