Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> * 51 plus-space (new to v1 but already in v2) lines > > I think you failed to count three lines in v2 and merge result, they > look like "<<< HEAD" "======" ">>> 8eec118"; new to v1 but already > in v2 lines are 54, not 51, no? Ah, I take that back. These have ++ that are new relative to parent #1 and parent #2 (i.e. only the tentative merge result has them). So, yes, I think you are counting correctly. Sorry, but I do not know what's counting the hunk length numbers in today's code offhand, so I won't be digging it further for now.