I am getting some unexpected results from a merge and I'd like to understand why. I have two commits X and Y that I want to merge. git merge-base X Y # yields B git diff B X -- F # is empty git diff B Y -- F # contains the change I want merged git rev-list X ^B -- F # is empty git rev-list Y ^B -- F # contains one commit git checkout X git merge Y fails with fixable merge conflicts on other files, but uses X's copy of F instead of Y's. I was expecting it to use Y's copy of F, since only Y has modified F since B. What could cause this? BTW: I am using a git-svn repo that does have some 4+ parent merges in it. jon. -- 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