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Re: Making git as easy as CVS, for handling merge conflicts


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Making git as easy as CVS, for handling merge conflicts
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:42:52 -0500

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  > A wild guess, based on previous conversation in this thread, is that
  > maybe you resolved the conflict in emacs but didn't stage the
  > resolution before attempting to commit it.

Standard VC workflow does not include anything called "staging".
The instructions I got did not include it either.

I am sure someone sent me instructions for "staging".  For some reason,
it was too hard to do, and I gave up on it.  I don't remember details.

  > git has been handling merges extremely well for many years now.  I
  > believe this is one of the main reasons it is now used by tens of
  > millions of developers.

If you are soliciting endorsements for git, ask those people.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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