"git apply" specifically calls out when it is falling back to 3way merge application. Since the order changed to preferring 3way and falling back to direct application, continue that behavior by printing whenever 3way fails and git has to fall back. Signed-off-by: Jerry Zhang <jerry@xxxxxxxxxx> --- V1 -> V2: - Moved --quiet flag to separate patch apply.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index a36d4002ca..7aa49e2048 100644 --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -3572,7 +3572,7 @@ static int try_threeway(struct apply_state *state, read_blob_object(&buf, &pre_oid, patch->old_mode)) return error(_("repository lacks the necessary blob to perform 3-way merge.")); - if (state->apply_verbosity > verbosity_silent) + if (state->apply_verbosity > verbosity_silent && patch->direct_to_threeway) fprintf(stderr, _("Performing three-way merge...\n")); img = strbuf_detach(&buf, &len); @@ -3639,6 +3639,10 @@ static int apply_data(struct apply_state *state, struct patch *patch, return -1; if (!state->threeway || try_threeway(state, &image, patch, st, ce) < 0) { + if (state->apply_verbosity > verbosity_silent && + state->threeway && !patch->direct_to_threeway) + fprintf(stderr, _("Falling back to direct application...\n")); + /* Note: with --reject, apply_fragments() returns 0 */ if (patch->direct_to_threeway || apply_fragments(state, &image, patch) < 0) return -1; -- 2.29.0