Re: [PATCH v5] git-apply: allow simultaneous --cached and --3way options

> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:13 PM Jerry Zhang <jerry@skydio.com> wrote:
>>
>> "git apply" does not allow "--cached" and
>> "--3way" to be used together, since "--3way"
>> writes conflict markers into the working tree.
>>
>> Allow "git apply" to accept "--cached" and
>> "--3way" at the same time.  When a single file
>> auto-resolves cleanly, the result is placed in the
>> index at stage #0 and the command exits with 0
>> status.
>
> Should this instead read:
>   "...placed in the index at stage #0.  If all files auto-resolve
> cleanly, the command exits with 0 status."
> or something like that?

>>  For a file that has a conflict which
>> cannot be cleanly auto-resolved, the original
>> contents from common ancestor (stage #1), our
>> version (stage #2) and the contents from the
>> patch (stage #3) are left at separate stages.
>> No attempt is made to resolve the conflict at
>> the content level, and the command exists with
>
> s/exists/exits/