From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] merge-recursive: handle file mode changes Message-ID: <7vd4pxqoql.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20080314121752.GB3315@localhost> Clemens Buchacher 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?