| commit | 327ac9cb9dda3ef8be5cc66a01daa32c6e8c8639 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | Wed Jul 04 15:13:11 2018 -0700 |
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Fri Jul 06 14:45:26 2018 -0700 |
| tree | c803c1bbcc5d7b86b7028e8753d8ac20ba6711bc | |
| parent | e3331758f12da22f4103eec7efe1b5304a9be5e9 [diff] |
t6036: add lots of detail for directory/file conflicts in recursive case There was a discussion of problematic directory/file conflicts with virtual merge bases on the mailing list years ago at https://public-inbox.org/git/AANLkTimwUQafGDrjxWrfU9uY1uKoFLJhxYs=vssOPqdf@mail.gmail.com/ Part of these corresponding tests made it into this testsuite. However, the more problematic one didn't. And there are others that showcase the problems even more. Add a very lengthy explanation, some of it from that email, describing the tradeoffs in picking a recursive merge-base when you're dealing with an add/add directory/file conflict. The solution picked years ago is relatively good, but there is the potential to do even better, assuming we're willing to pay a certain performance cost. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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