| merge API |
| ========= |
| |
| The merge API helps a program to reconcile two competing sets of |
| improvements to some files (e.g., unregistered changes from the work |
| tree versus changes involved in switching to a new branch), reporting |
| conflicts if found. The library called through this API is |
| responsible for a few things. |
| |
| * determining which trees to merge (recursive ancestor consolidation); |
| |
| * lining up corresponding files in the trees to be merged (rename |
| detection, subtree shifting), reporting edge cases like add/add |
| and rename/rename conflicts to the user; |
| |
| * performing a three-way merge of corresponding files, taking |
| path-specific merge drivers (specified in `.gitattributes`) |
| into account. |
| |
| Data structures |
| --------------- |
| |
| * `mmbuffer_t`, `mmfile_t` |
| |
| These store data usable for use by the xdiff backend, for writing and |
| for reading, respectively. See `xdiff/xdiff.h` for the definitions |
| and `diff.c` for examples. |
| |
| * `struct ll_merge_options` |
| |
| Check merge-ll.h for details. |
| |
| Low-level (single file) merge |
| ----------------------------- |
| |
| Check merge-ll.h for details. |
