"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> --- V2->V3 - Changed "modify prints" to "adjust messages" apply.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index 5957430433..0ddde5e8a8 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