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From: "Jean-Noël Avila" <avila.jn@gmail.com>
To: Loic Fouray <loic@yeplaa.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Merge conflict when lines next to each other are changed
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 08:13:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <78fd768d-6248-556c-4b74-7e35bb09a197@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A5C94370-A9D0-43B2-9B32-0935703BCC94@yeplaa.net>

Le 01/12/2021 à 10:30, Loic Fouray a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> In a file, I have this 2 lines one below the other:
>
> Repository: myvalue
> Tag: 8.2.10
>
> On my local branch i have updated repository myvalue.
> On the upstream repo, they updated often the tag value (not updated of my side).
>
> When i perform a merge from upstream to local branch, i have a conflit. 
> It seems that it’s related to neighboring lines. 
> Could you confirm that it ‘s a normal git operation?
>
> Also, i need to automate this merge. Is It possible with git tools to avoid this conflict or to resolv this conflict automatically?
>
> Thanks for tour help
> Loïc 
>
>
Hi,

This is a use-case for git attribute "merge" :

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_performing_a_three_way_merge


BR


Jean-Noël


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-03  7:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-01  9:30 Merge conflict when lines next to each other are changed Loic Fouray
2021-12-01 12:18 ` rsbecker
2021-12-01 13:33   ` Loic Fouray
2021-12-01 14:09     ` rsbecker
2021-12-03 16:30   ` Loic Fouray
2021-12-03 16:52     ` rsbecker
2021-12-03  7:13 ` Jean-Noël Avila [this message]
2021-12-03 13:31   ` Loic Fouray

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