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[PATCH] smerge-mode: add a function to resolve all conflicts in a file

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Message #14 received at 69220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 69220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69220: [PATCH] smerge-mode: add a function to resolve all
 conflicts in a file
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:25:11 +0100

On Feb 19 2024, Konstantin Kharlamov wrote:

> 1: Actually, git provides a functional that should work for that
> usecase; but in my experience it is more confusing than it's useful. It
> is options `--theirs/ours`, i.e. `git checkout --theirs ./` and `git
> checkout --ours ./`. But these options are problematic because instead
> of resolving conflict in preference of `theirs` or `ours` they do a
> complete checkout of the code from either of the branches. I can't
> count how many times I was burned by trying to resolve conflicts with
> these options and then was getting wrong code because together with the
> conflicting part the options change everything else.

I think what you actually want is the 'ours'/'theirs' options of the
merge strategy (available to both the ort and recursive strategies).

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