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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: git-core: conflictstyle=diff3 doesn't actually use diff3 compatible format
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:19:50 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100305221950.GB5083@progeny.tock> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100305215253.364.63583.reportbug@localhost>

Hi gitsters,

Stefan Monnier wrote [1]:

> I can't live without conflictstyle=diff3m and I'm very happy it exists.
> But it has a little problem: it uses "|||||||\n" as a separator for the
> ancestor version of the text, whereas diff3 uses "||||||| <ancestorname>\n".
> The difference is harmless for a human (tho the <ancestorname> can sometimes
> be useful, assuming it's meaningful), but it makes some tools fail to
> recognize the conflict markers properly.
> So please add a " BASE" or " ANCESTOR" after the "|||||||".

No opinion on this myself.  I’d be interested to hear from xdiff people
whether it should be easy to add the ancestor name to the output.

>
> 	Stefan
>
> PS: I intended to report this bug directly to the Git bug-tracker, but I was
> simply unable to find it.  I know I'm sometimes dense, but I did make an
> honest effort to look for it.

See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/136500

Short answer: the usual method is to report bugs to the list, preferably
with a patch for t/ or even better, a fix. ;-)

Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/572720

       reply	other threads:[~2010-03-05 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20100305215253.364.63583.reportbug@localhost>
2010-03-05 22:19 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-03-05 22:31   ` git-core: conflictstyle=diff3 doesn't actually use diff3 compatible format Junio C Hamano
2010-03-06 12:57     ` Bert Wesarg
2010-03-06 19:03       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-08  4:54     ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  7:47   ` [PATCH/RFC 0/10] Add label for common ancestor to conflictstyle=diff3 Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  7:49     ` [PATCH 01/10] xdl_merge(): add optional ancestor label to diff3-style output Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:10       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-15  8:35         ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:37           ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-15  7:51     ` [PATCH 02/10] merge-file --diff3: add a label for ancestor Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  7:52     ` [PATCH 03/10] ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  7:55     ` [PATCH 04/10] checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-15  8:32         ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  7:56     ` [PATCH 05/10] merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt conflict style Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:00     ` [PATCH 06/10] merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:00     ` [PATCH 07/10] tests: document format of conflicts from checkout -m Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:01     ` [PATCH 08/10] checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:05     ` [PATCH 09/10] cherry-pick: " Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:07     ` [PATCH 10/10] merge-recursive: " Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-15  8:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-15 13:18       ` Stefan Monnier

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