Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The code in the recursive merge that allows this to happen is this: > ... > And I do think that's right, and I think it's clever, and it goes back to 2006: > > 934d9a24078e merge-recur: if there is no common ancestor, fake empty one > > but I think there should be an option there. Oh, I think everybody understands that and agrees by now. -- 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