You can start a branch merge, which triggers a deployment, by submitting a branch into an application in the Merge Branches wizard. By using the wizard to start merges, you can start a deployment without additional configuration.

To submit a branch into an application by using the Merge Branches wizard, perform the following steps:

1. In the navigation pane of Dev Studio,, click App, and then click Branches.

2. Right-click the branch and click Merge.

3. Click Proceed.

   Result: The wizard displays a message in the following scenarios:

   • If there are no pipelines that are configured for your application or there are no branches in the target application.
   • If the value for the RMURL dynamic system setting is not valid.

4. Click Switch to standard merge to switch to the Merge Branches wizard that you can use to merge branches into target rulesets. For more information, see Merging branches into target rulesets .

5. In the Application pipelines section, from the Pipeline list, select the application for which the pipeline is configured into which you want to merge branches.

6. In the Merge Description field, enter information that you want to capture about the merge.

   This information appears when you view deployment details.

7. In the Associated User stories/bugs field, press the Down arrow key, and then select the Agile Workbench user story or bug that you want to associate with this branch merge.

8. Click Merge.