On 25 January 2017 at 14:24, Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Hilco Wijbenga > <hilco.wijbenga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> How can I force Git to not assume my change to the first line is "redundant"? >> > > My guess is that you probably want a custom merge driver for your file > types. That's where I would look initially. Mmm, that sounds complex. The "my-code.x" is made up so I could keep my example as simple as possible. In reality, it's Maven's POM files (pom.xml). So there is no setting for any of this? There is no way to switch off auto merging for certain files?