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Closes #2433
Rationale for this change
This PR adds comprehensive branch merge strategies to PyIceberg, bringing Git-like branch merging capabilities to Iceberg table operations. This enhancement enables users to merge branches with different strategies depending on their workflow needs.
Feature Overview:
Apache Iceberg supports branch operations (create, delete, tag), but lacked merge capabilities between branches. This PR implements 5 standard merge strategies commonly used in version control systems (note, there are differences between this and the java implementation):
Implementation Details:
Use Cases:
Are these changes tested?
Yes,
extremelysomewhat comprehensive test coverage with 35 tests across multiple categories:Are there any user-facing changes?
Yes - New Feature Addition (No Breaking Changes)
New Public API: