"revert war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: revert wars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} revert war (plural revert wars)
  1. (Internet) A dispute on a wiki or in a git repository where two users repeatedly revert one another's changes to an article. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: edit war
    Sense id: en-revert_war-en-noun-0k1qyHwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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