On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:05 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > i have noticed that merge.conflictstyle has an impact on the rerere > > resolution. looking briefly at the source code, it seems that git > > tries to discard the common ancestor diff3 bits, but what I am seeing > > is that if i do the following then it fails: > > > > 1. from a clean rr-cache state, with merge.conflictsytle=diff3, git > > merge <branch with conflict>, resolve the conflicts, then commit > > 2. undo the previous merge, remove merge.conflictstyle=diff3 (disable > > diff3) and merge the *same* branch, then rerere won't fix the > > conflicts > > It is possible that the conflict left when making the same merge are > actually different when using these two conflict styles. IOW, if > the merge produces > > <<< > side A > ||| > common > === > side B > >>> > > when diff3 style is chosen, but if the same merge results in > > <<< > side A' > === > side B' > >>> > > where side A' is not identical to side A (or B' and B are not > identical), then we will fail to find the previously recorded > resolution. well, you're rigth.. that's what's happening... === with conflictstyle=merge diff --cc arch/arm64/configs/defconfig index 3cfa8ca26738,d53a1b00ad82..000000000000 --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig @@@ -356,7 -334,7 +357,11 @@@ CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X= CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X_IRQ=y CONFIG_GPIO_MAX77620=y CONFIG_POWER_AVS=y ++<<<<<<< HEAD +CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_IODOMAIN=y ++======= + CONFIG_QCOM_CPR=y ++>>>>>>> tracking-qcomlt-8016-dvfs CONFIG_POWER_RESET_MSM=y CONFIG_POWER_RESET_XGENE=y CONFIG_POWER_RESET_SYSCON=y === with conflictstyle=diff3 diff --cc arch/arm64/configs/defconfig index 3cfa8ca26738,d53a1b00ad82..000000000000 --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig @@@ -355,8 -333,8 +356,14 @@@ CONFIG_GPIO_XGENE_SB= CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X=y CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X_IRQ=y CONFIG_GPIO_MAX77620=y ++<<<<<<< HEAD +CONFIG_POWER_AVS=y +CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_IODOMAIN=y ++||||||| merged common ancestors ++======= + CONFIG_POWER_AVS=y + CONFIG_QCOM_CPR=y ++>>>>>>> tracking-qcomlt-8016-dvfs CONFIG_POWER_RESET_MSM=y CONFIG_POWER_RESET_XGENE=y CONFIG_POWER_RESET_SYSCON=y that explains it.. it was simpler than what I thought.. thanks!