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

> The code in the recursive merge that allows this to happen is this:
> ...
> And I do think that's right, and I think it's clever, and it goes back to 2006:
>
>   934d9a24078e merge-recur: if there is no common ancestor, fake empty one
>
> but I think there should be an option there.

Oh, I think everybody understands that and agrees by now.