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From: "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>
To: "Patrick Steinhardt" <ps@pks.im>, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Julia Evans" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] [doc] Add new gitmergeconflicts man page
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:10:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a7df9d-362a-4530-82db-44ef7500fd10@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ar3sGzEknG2_Un_E@pks.im>


> +FRUITS = [
> +    "apple",
> +<<<<<<< HEAD: abcdefg (fruits: add apple, 2026-10-01)
> +    "cherry",
> +=======
> +    "banana",
> +>>>>>>> add-fruit: 12345678 (fruits: add banana, 2024-02-03)
>
> That format would have a bunch of advantages:
>
>   - We don't have to teach users about special refs like MERGE_HEAD to
>     let them figure out how to access each of the commits.
>
>   - It gives a bit more context about what each specific side does, at
>     least if you have good commit messages.
>
>   - It also gives a sense of timing because we include dates, and that
>     may help in some situations to figure out what's what.

This is so cool, I love the idea of including the dates and the commit
messages!!! I think this would be very helpful for the reasons you say. 

Though re "We don't have to teach users about special refs
like MERGE_HEAD": I think that users today could run`git show HEAD`
or `git show add-fruit` to see the commits on each side? I've never
used MERGE_HEAD though so maybe I'm misunderstanding what
it does. I think adding the commit ID makes it clearer too.

I just ran downstairs to show my partner this example at 8am
because I was so excited about it :) (he liked it too)

  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-01 12:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-24 14:44 [PATCH 0/7] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 1/7] [doc] Add new gitmergeconflicts man page Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 20:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 22:04     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-30 13:19   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-30 19:53     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-30 20:37       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-01  5:14         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-10-01 12:10           ` Julia Evans [this message]
2026-10-02 17:58         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-05 16:54       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-05 17:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-05 19:11           ` Julia Evans
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 2/7] [doc] git-merge: link to new merge conflicts guide Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-25 16:36   ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-09-25 16:59     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-25 18:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 19:32         ` Ben Knoble
2026-09-25 21:49           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 19:34       ` Ben Knoble
2026-10-02 17:01       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-02 17:50         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-02 18:53           ` Julia Evans
2026-10-02 21:38             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-03  2:25         ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-03  4:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-30 13:19   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 3/7] [doc] git-rebase: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 4/7] [doc] git-revert: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 5/7] [doc] git-cherry-pick: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-25 17:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-28 20:58     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-28 21:25       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 6/7] [doc] git-pull: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 7/7] [doc] ignore conflict markers in gitmergeconflicts.adoc Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-07 21:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:06     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-24 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/7] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 23:37   ` Jeff King
2026-09-28 20:41     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-29  1:32       ` Jeff King
2026-09-29  1:56         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 16:25 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-02 17:39   ` Julia Evans
2026-10-03  2:29     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-05 18:49       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-06 16:53         ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-06 17:09           ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-09 12:00 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] doc: add new gitmergeconflicts man page Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] doc: git-merge: link to new merge conflicts guide Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] doc: git-rebase: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] doc: git-revert: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: git-cherry-pick: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: git-pull: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 15:41   ` [PATCH v2 0/6] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 15:53     ` Julia Evans

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