found 637355 git/1:1.7.6-1
tags 637355 + upstream
forwarded 637355 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/179072
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Tanguy Ortolo wrote:

> git-mergetool ideally uses tools that work with 4 files: BASE, LOCAL,
> REMOTE, which are the usual original and two new version of the file,
> and MERGED, which is where the tool is supposed to write the result of
> the merge.
>
> The problem is that most tools, at least graphical ones, specifically
> meld, can only work with three files
[...]
> git-mergetool currently handles this situation by passing MERGED LOCAL
> REMOTE to the tool. This could be fine, but unfortunately MERGE contains
> the conflicts, formatted for manual resolution, so it is not really
> appropriate as an original file.

Thanks for a clear report.  Let's take this upstream.



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