Re: SEGV in git-merge recursive:

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

Linus Torvalds, Sat, Mar 31, 2007 03:03:36 +0200:
> > 
> > We're looking for a base version for a merge - think of a three-way merge 
> > on a file level. And the easiest base version is actually an empty base 
> > file (or, when it comes to a rename conflict, no base names at all).
> 
> Note that "easiest" isn't "best".
> 
> For data conflicts in intermediate merges, we use the conficted file, 
> conflict markers and all, as the base.
> 
> I suspect we should do exactly the same for filename conflicts. Write the 
> intermediate tree with *both* files, including conflict markers. I'd 
> suggest writing out the conflicting names to the intermediate tree 
> *exactly* the same way we do for the final tree in the working tree, but 
> mayne we could just write them with the SHA of the content appended to the 
> filename or something..)
> 

The names are already different (base->a, base->b), what is the SHA for?
I tried leaving all three names in the computed tree (base, a and b).
The result is sometimes spectacular, but seldom useful.