Add howto about separating topics.

diff --git a/read-tree.c b/read-tree.c
index a46c6fe2f5d3234abe5dce0b7a9d44da07b6dae9..5580f15ba2c89f9fd1ed35de0b0183487d024bf8 100644 (file)
--- a/read-tree.c
+++ b/read-tree.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static int update = 0;
 static int index_only = 0;
 static int nontrivial_merge = 0;
 static int trivial_merges_only = 0;
+static int aggressive = 0;
 
 static int head_idx = -1;
 static int merge_size = 0;
@@ -424,11 +425,14 @@ static int threeway_merge(struct cache_entry **stages)
        int df_conflict_remote = 0;
 
        int any_anc_missing = 0;
+       int no_anc_exists = 1;
        int i;
 
        for (i = 1; i < head_idx; i++) {
                if (!stages[i])
                        any_anc_missing = 1;
+               else
+                       no_anc_exists = 0;
        }
 
        index = stages[0];
@@ -489,6 +493,29 @@ static int threeway_merge(struct cache_entry **stages)
        if (!head && !remote && any_anc_missing)
                return 0;
 
+       /* Under the new "aggressive" rule, we resolve mostly trivial
+        * cases that we historically had git-merge-one-file resolve.
+        */
+       if (aggressive) {
+               int head_deleted = !head && !df_conflict_head;
+               int remote_deleted = !remote && !df_conflict_remote;
+               /*
+                * Deleted in both.
+                * Deleted in one and unchanged in the other.
+                */
+               if ((head_deleted && remote_deleted) ||
+                   (head_deleted && remote && remote_match) ||
+                   (remote_deleted && head && head_match))
+                       return 0;
+
+               /*
+                * Added in both, identically.
+                */
+               if (no_anc_exists && head && remote && same(head, remote))
+                       return merged_entry(head, index);
+
+       }
+
        /* Below are "no merge" cases, which require that the index be
         * up-to-date to avoid the files getting overwritten with
         * conflict resolution files. 
@@ -677,6 +704,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        continue;
                }
 
+               if (!strcmp(arg, "--aggressive")) {
+                       aggressive = 1;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
                /* "-m" stands for "merge", meaning we start in stage 1 */
                if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
                        if (stage || merge)