# Set default strategy options for merge/rebase

1 messages from 2019-10-17 to 2019-10-17. Participants: Yuri D'Elia.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/52059

## Yuri D'Elia, 2019-10-17 18:48

Subject: Set default strategy options for merge/rebase
Message-ID: <87eezbi4xt.fsf@wavexx.thregr.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87eezbi4xt.fsf%40wavexx.thregr.org

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Is it (or would it be) possible to set the default strategy and strategy
options as provided by merge/rebase ``-s`` and ``-X`` in gitconfig?

I found myself comparing several conflicts using recursive's -Xpatience,
and in some cases the difference is quite staggering, changing from a
jumbled mess to a compact and readable diff.

I'd love to be able to set it as a default to play around more (without
aliasing, that is).

It's also unclear to me from the documentation of git merge whether
-Xdiff-algorithm=? is an exception to the default diff algorithm
(diff.algorithm) or if that's completely independent setting meaning
that merge always ignores diff.algorithm to begin with.

And also, is -Xpatience just a shortcut to -Xdiff-algorithm=patience?

Thanks!


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