From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>,
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Johannes Sixt" <j6t@kdbg.org>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"David Aguilar" <davvid@gmail.com>,
"Bagas Sanjaya" <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
"Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Denton Liu" <liu.denton@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] xdiff: make diff3 the default conflictStyle
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:36:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60c3911d48f3c_85c8208f6@natae.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6nwflez.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
Sergey Organov wrote:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Sergey Organov wrote:
> >> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> >
> >> > I notice that "git merge --help" tells what each part separated by
> >> > conflict markers mean in both output styles, but does not make a
> >> > specific recommendation as to which one to use in what situation,
> >> > and it might benefit a few additional sentences to help readers
> >> > based on what you said, i.e. the "RCS merge" style that hides the
> >> > original is succinct and easier to work with when you are familiar
> >> > with what both sides did, while a more verbose "diff3" style helps
> >> > when you are unfamiliar with what one side (or both sides) did.
> >>
> >> I don't get it. Once you have diff3 output, and you want something
> >> simpler, you just kill the inner section, right? RCS merge output style
> >> is simply inferior.
> >
> > The issue here is not a mere inner section, it's a nested inner section
> > due to a recursive merge.
>
> No, this one is just generic suggestion by Junio to improve
> documentation, unrelated to particular problematic contents of the inner
> section of diff3.
OK, but diff3 is not always just merge minus some stuff.
It would be nice if it was, which is what triggered the proposal of
zdiff3:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/20130306150548.GC15375@pengutronix.de/
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-11 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-09 19:28 [PATCH 0/7] Make diff3 the default conflict style Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 1/7] test: add merge style config test Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-09 20:29 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 9:18 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 13:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 14:54 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 16:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 14:58 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 16:47 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 9:19 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-11 14:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 2/7] merge-tree: fix merge.conflictstyle handling Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 3/7] notes: " Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 4/7] checkout: " Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 9:32 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 14:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 14:50 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 16:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 9:18 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-11 14:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 9:18 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 5/7] xdiff: rename XDL_MERGE_STYLE_DIFF3 Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 9:21 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 13:33 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 3:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-11 13:42 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 6/7] xdiff: simplify style assignments Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 9:26 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 13:50 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-09 19:28 ` [PATCH 7/7] xdiff: make diff3 the default conflictStyle Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 6:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2021-06-10 7:53 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-06-10 13:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 13:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 13:49 ` Jeff King
2021-06-10 16:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 16:31 ` Jeff King
2021-06-11 1:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-11 6:23 ` Johannes Sixt
2021-06-11 6:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-11 7:02 ` Johannes Sixt
2021-06-11 7:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-11 11:51 ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-11 15:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 15:52 ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-11 16:36 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
[not found] ` <CABPp-BHRQSF2_aYTBfpfnW4Bh3Hz7vLFj_QNGj8R4WeCS6_utw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-06-11 17:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 19:02 ` Elijah Newren
2021-06-11 21:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 21:40 ` Elijah Newren
2021-06-13 14:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 16:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2021-06-11 17:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 17:40 ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-11 18:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 18:22 ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-11 14:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 14:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 16:53 ` Johannes Sixt
[not found] ` <CABPp-BH0aRiSUw03nSK6jHRNQ+zcpUzr6WjeJ5GpdUCqCKxbag@mail.gmail.com>
2021-06-11 17:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 17:57 ` Elijah Newren
2021-06-11 18:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 14:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 14:09 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-10 9:40 ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-10 14:19 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-17 17:40 ` [PATCH 0/7] Make diff3 the default conflict style Phillip Wood
2021-06-17 18:24 ` Felipe Contreras
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