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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH gentoolkit] bin: Add merge-driver-ekeyword
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:13:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmty34tph.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEdQ38En=HrG9A0STgaxFAwqxBjwNGQoV=U26Pia3x=gd-Attg@mail.gmail.com> (Matt Turner's message of "Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:47:22 -0500")

Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> writes:

> ... is there a way git can be configured to
> fallback to another merge driver if the first returns a non-zero
> status due to unresolved conflicts? For example, if there are changes
> to other lines, how can I fall back to another merge driver?

There is no "fallback", but a merge driver should be able to first
run another merge driver (e.g. "git merge-file" or the "merge"
command from the RCS suite of programs would be line-oriented 3-way
drivers suitable for text files) and then fix up the leftover bits.

If your users don't want to contaminate the .gitattributes file that
is recorded in-tree, they can also use .git/info/attributes to locally
configure Git to use such a driver.


      reply	other threads:[~2020-12-24  6:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20201221034452.307153-1-mattst88@gentoo.org>
2020-12-22 22:40 ` [RFC PATCH gentoolkit] bin: Add merge-driver-ekeyword Matt Turner
2020-12-23 18:11   ` Beat Bolli
2020-12-23 19:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-23 19:45   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-24  4:47     ` Matt Turner
2020-12-24  6:13       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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