Re: Is XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS too zealous (or maybe not zealous enough)?

> However, the usual simplified merge shows this (run "git checkout --merge
> builtin-checkout.c" if you have done the above):
> 
> <<<<<<< ours
> 	/* --track without -b should DWIM */
> 	if (0 < opts.track && !opts.new_branch) {
> 		const char *argv0 = argv[0];
> 	...
> 		opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
> 	}
> 
> 	if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
> 		opts.track = git_branch_track;
> =======
> 	if (conflict_style) {
> 		opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
> 		git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
> 	}
> 
> 	if (!opts.new_branch && (opts.track != git_branch_track))
> 		die("git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b");
> >>>>>>> theirs
> 
> Removing the two lines from the simplified "theirs" is not what I would
> suggest (it would be actively wrong), but I wonder if we can do something
> clever to help users with a merge like this.