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[PATCH 0/2] checkout -m: recreate conflict labels

From
PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 30, 2026, 09:48 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1790761727.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

When "git checkout -m <path>" recreates a merge conflict, it uses the labels "base", "ours", "theirs", rather than the labels used by the original merge. This short series teaches the ort machinery to write the labels to ".git/MERGE_LABELS" when it switches to a merge result containing conflicts, so that "git checkout -m" can then read that file and use the same labels.

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.

base-commit: 3bc0341126508f78f5869cbfc0005e987efdf0c7
Published-As: https://github.com/phillipwood/git/releases/tag/pw%2Fconflict-labels%2Fv1
View-Changes-At: https://github.com/phillipwood/git/compare/3bc034112...fdaf3da99
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/phillipwood/git pw/conflict-labels/v1
Phillip Wood (2):
  remove_branch_state: convert boolean argument to flags
  merge: remember conflict labels
 branch.c           | 17 +++++++++----
 branch.h           |  4 ++-
 builtin/checkout.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++----
 builtin/commit.c   |  1 +
 merge-ort.c        | 19 ++++++++++++++
 merge.c            | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 merge.h            |  4 +++
 path.c             |  1 +
 path.h             |  1 +
 repository.c       |  1 +
 repository.h       |  1 +
 sequencer.c        |  1 +
 t/t7201-co.sh      | 21 ++++++++++++++++
 13 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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2.56.0.rc2.84.gaf8b4f0d381
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Message 1 of 22 in “checkout -m: recreate conflict labels”
  1. 0/2 checkout -m: recreate conflict labelsPhillip Wood, Sep 30, 2026
  2. 1/2 remove_branch_state: convert boolean argument to flagsPhillip Wood, Sep 30, 2026
  3. 2/2 merge: remember conflict labelsPhillip Wood, Sep 30, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2026
  5. Phillip WoodOct 1, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2026
  7. Johannes SixtSep 30, 2026
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2026
  9. Johannes SixtSep 30, 2026
  10. Phillip WoodOct 1, 2026
  11. 0/2 checkout -m: recreate conflict labelsPhillip Wood, Oct 5, 2026
  12. 1/2 remove_branch_state: convert boolean argument to flagsPhillip Wood, Oct 5, 2026
  13. 2/2 merge: remember conflict labelsPhillip Wood, Oct 5, 2026
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2026
  15. Phillip WoodOct 6, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2026
  17. Phillip WoodOct 6, 2026
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2026
  19. Phillip WoodOct 7, 2026
  20. Johannes SixtOct 5, 2026
  21. Phillip WoodOct 5, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2026

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