From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:07:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v18] Support auto-merge for meld to follow the vim-diff behavior
Message-ID: <xmqqr1r4jf54.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.781.v18.git.git.1599895268433.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"sunlin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Lin Sun <lin.sun@zoom.us>
>
> Make the mergetool used with "meld" backend behave similarly to "vimdiff" by
> telling it to auto-merge non-conflicting parts and highlight the conflicting
> parts when `mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge` is configured with `true`, or `auto`
> for detecting the `--auto-merge` option automatically.
>
> Helped-by: Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
> Helped-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Sun <lin.sun@zoom.us>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>     Enable auto-merge for meld to follow the vimdiff beharior
>     
>     Hi, the mergetool "meld" does NOT merge the no-conflict changes, while
>     the mergetool "vimdiff" will merge the no-conflict changes and highlight
>     the conflict parts. This patch will make the mergetool "meld" similar to
>     "vimdiff", auto-merge the no-conflict changes, highlight conflict parts.

Thanks.