Imagine git does a recursive merge between A and B and finds multiple common ancestors X1,X2 for these commits. - Does git try to create an implicit/temporary common ancestor X3 by merging X1 and X2? - How should workingtree, index (stage1,2,3) look like if during that merge of common ancestors a conflict occurs? Will I see in stage2 and stage3 really see content of X1 and X2? - How is the end user supposed to fix this? Imaging merging X1 and X2 leads to conflicts solved by the end user leading to a implicit common ancestor X3. Then merging A and B with X3 as common base again conflicts occur. Ciao Chris -- 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