An internal user report running on origin/next:
$ git pull
From .
* branch ... -> FETCH_HEAD
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Applying: ...
Applying: ...
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
CONFLICT (content): ....
error: Failed to merge in the changes.
Patch failed at 0002...
The copy of the patch that failed is found in: .git/rebase-apply/patch
When you have resolved this problem, run "git rebase --continue".
If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git rebase --skip" instead.
To check out the original branch and stop rebasing, run "git rebase --abort".
$ git status
rebase in progress; onto ...
You are currently rebasing branch '...' on '...'.
Changes to be committed:
modified: ...
Unmerged paths:
both modified: ...
$ git mergetool
No files need merging
$ git diff <file name>
diff --cc <file name>
index ...
--- a/file
+++ b/file
@@@ ...
content
++<<<<<<< HEAD
+ content
++=======
+ content
++>>>>>>> other commit
content
The mergetool used to work apparently, but stopped for rebases.
I noticed in neither t7610-mergetool.sh nor any rebase test the combination of
rebase and mergetool is tested.
Stefan