description of merge progress in Publish Changes dialog box

This screenshot displays the actions completed when publishing your extension. The Publish operation combines Git operations (commit, merge, push) to merge the changes in your local repository branch into the main branch. The steps completed in this dialog box are:

Beneath is the following text: "We'll deploy your changes to your Development environment shortly. Keep in mind that this could take a bit of time. Branches cannot be reused once published, so we've created a new one for you: <branchName>."