Re: [PATCH 2/2 - RFH/WIP] xdiff-merge: optionally show conflicts in "diff3 -m" style

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> Some poeple find it easier to be able to understand what is going on when
>> they can view the common ancestor's version, which is used by "diff3 -m",
>> which shows:
>> 
>>  <<<<<<<
>>  postimage from one side;
>>  |||||||
>>  shared preimage;
>>  =======
>>  postimage of the other side; and
>>  >>>>>>>
>> 
>> This is an initial step to bring that as an optional feature to git.
>> Only "git merge-file" has been converted, with "--diff3" option.
>
> If you have the common ancestor, why would you ever want this format, and 
> not a nice conflict entry in the index?

We already have that, don't we?  You can think of it as how to present
that information without resorting to "diff :1:path :2:path".

> Anyway, that's irrelevant for my real question, which is:

... the same thing as I already said after three-dashes, hence RFH/WIP.