merge_cmd () {
touch "$BACKUP"
- $base_present || >"$BASE"
- "$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
+ if ! $base_present
+ then
+ cp -- "$LOCAL" "$BASE"
+ create_virtual_base "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
+ fi
+ "$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$REMOTE" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED"
check_unchanged
}