From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:09:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] checkout -m: recreate conflict labels
Message-ID: <1221dced-b3d1-4e44-af60-eac342b891b6@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b2f86941-6ae2-4105-9284-e5e4d530b965@kdbg.org>



On 05/10/2026 15:48, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 05.10.26 um 15:24 schrieb Phillip Wood:
>> As "git checkout -m" is recreating the original conflict I wonder
>> if we should remember the conflict style as well so that
>>
>>      git -c merge.conflictStyle=diff3 git merge topic
>>      git checkout -m <unmerged-path>
>>
>> would recreate diff3 style conflicts, instead of using the default
>> config. I cannot decide if that would be convenient or confusing and
>> am interested to hear what others think.
> > I think it hurts more than it helps. For example, I usually get away
> with the regular conflict markers, but at times I might decide to see
> the diff3 version. Then I could change the conflict marker style with
> >     git checkout --conflict=diff3 -m <unmerged-path>
> > It would be disappointing if this were not possible.

I do the same thing. What I'm talking about above is "git checkout -m" using the same conflict style as the command that created the conflicts when the user does not specify a conflict style for the checkout.

    git checkout --conflict=<style> ...

and

    git -c merge.conflictStyle=<style> checkout -m ...

would continue to work as they do now.

Thanks

Phillip