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Differences between Merge Modes [message #1855029] Sat, 24 September 2022 14:19 Go to next message
Nenad Jovanovic is currently offline Nenad JovanovicFriend
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In case of a conflict after a Git merge or rebase, the Merge Tool lets you choose between three different Merge Modes in Eclipse 2022-09:

  1. Use the git pre-merged 'ours' version of conflicting files
  2. Use the working tree version of conflicting files (pre-merged by Git)
  3. Use HEAD (the last local version) of conflicting files

While the second option clearly differs from the other two in that it displays the Git markers in the left window, I do not see any difference between options #1 and #3. Does anybody know of a concrete example where these two options behave differently? Thanks.

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Re: Differences between Merge Modes [message #1855039 is a reply to message #1855029] Sun, 25 September 2022 13:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Wolf is currently offline Thomas WolfFriend
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You need a file with multiple changes, one of which conflicts. Then #1 should show only the conflict as a difference, while #3 would show all changes as differences.

The EGit 5.12 New & Noteworthy page gives an example.

[Updated on: Sun, 25 September 2022 13:42]

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Re: Differences between Merge Modes [message #1855055 is a reply to message #1855039] Mon, 26 September 2022 15:53 Go to previous message
Nenad Jovanovic is currently offline Nenad JovanovicFriend
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Thank you for the explanation and the link, now it's clear to me!

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