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Re: [PATCH] merge-recursive: handle file mode changes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2008, 16:01 UTC
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Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:
>> Reading the rest of the function, I notice that it consistently favor "a"
>> over "b", when a conflict cannot be reconciled.
>
> Indeed. I think "b" should be favored over "a", however.
Why?
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Message 20 of 23 in “fix recursive-merge of empty files with different permissions”
  1. fix recursive-merge of empty files with different permissionsClemens Buchacher, Mar 8, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 8, 2008
  3. Clemens BuchacherMar 13, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  7. merge-recursive: cause a conflict if file mode does not matchClemens Buchacher, Mar 13, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  9. merge-recursive: handle file mode changesClemens Buchacher, Mar 13, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008
  11. merge-recursive: handle file mode and links similarly to file contentClemens Buchacher, Mar 14, 2008
  12. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  15. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiMar 14, 2008
  17. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  19. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  21. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
  23. Clemens BuchacherMar 14, 2008

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