The merge_file() function is a helper for ‘git read-tree’, which does not respect the merge.conflictstyle option, so there is no need to worry about what ancestor_name it should pass to ll_merge(). Add a comment to this effect. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- >From <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/142374/focus=142381>. merge-file.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/merge-file.c b/merge-file.c index 07cc0c9..c336c93 100644 --- a/merge-file.c +++ b/merge-file.c @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ static void *three_way_filemerge(const char *path, mmfile_t *base, mmfile_t *our int merge_status; mmbuffer_t res; + /* + * This function is only used by cmd_merge_tree, which + * does not respect the merge.conflictstyle option. + * There is no need to worry about a label for the + * common ancestor. + */ merge_status = ll_merge(&res, path, base, NULL, our, ".our", their, ".their", 0); if (merge_status < 0) -- 1.7.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html