Ahh that clears it up for me. I incorrectly assumed that at minimum that each "<<<<<<HEAD" represented a hunk.. I searched for the definition of hunk in gitglossary but couldn't find it. Thanks for the clarification! Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 5:46 PM To: Ralph Maalouf <ralph.maalouf@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: 'git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: 'git show -c' omits hunk even though file was modified from all parents Ralph Maalouf <ralph.maalouf@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > "We do not show hunks that match one of the parents ". But in case > 1 the second hunk matches one of the parents yet `git show -c` still > outputs it. > > diff --combined test1 > index 02ef2b0,ffc05f2..59d575d > --- a/test1 > +++ b/test1 > @@@ -1,8 -1,8 +1,9 @@@ > One > +Two > + Four > Three > > > Seven > -Ten > +Eight > Nine The above is a single hunk (whose definition is the group of lines delimited by @@@...@@@ lines).