Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] add basic tests for merge-tree

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 14, 2010, 16:26 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <1279090893.2789.21.camel@dreddbeard>

Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com> writes:

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> However, merge-tree has a function similar to diff (it shows differences
> between trees) and apply (it creates the "result" object when there are
> no conflicts), and its purpose seems to be more of a "shower" than a
> "do-er" (contrasted with something like git-merge, which actually
> creates a commit object, for example), so I thought that diff-commands
> would be a good classification.

Ok, that makes sense (I haven't heard anybody use merge-tree in real life, though). Let's keep the numbering as-is.