Re: [PATCH 7/7] xdiff: make diff3 the default conflictStyle

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Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 11.06.21 um 08:43 schrieb Junio C Hamano:

> > Rebasing to catch up with updated upstream is a different story,
> > though.  The same for cherry-picking an earlier change to an updated
> > upstream.
> 
> I've reflected on this a bit more as well. I've forgotten about the
> "catch up with someone else" case. That is certainly helped by diff3
> style. I retract my opposition and am now neutral to a potential change
> of default. (I still don't endorse it because it upsets my workflow.)

All right. Fortunately we have a configuration for that.

> The case that inner conflicts are presented sub-optimally under diff3
> remains, though.

Indeed, and that's something that we should consider fixing, but it's
not necessarily a roadblocker since apparently many developers have been
able to live with these sub-optimal diff3 inner conflicts.

Personally I have never experienced what you posted, so maybe there's
something else happening behind the scenes.

Maybe merge-ort changed something.

-- 
Felipe Contreras



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