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Date:      05 Apr 2002 02:35:58 -0500
From:      "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
To:        James Long <stable@ns.museum.rain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mergemaster: what if I want both left and right?
Message-ID:  <1017992158.15333.11.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020404232831.A95052@ns.museum.rain.com>
References:  <20020404232831.A95052@ns.museum.rain.com>

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On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 02:28, James Long wrote:
> How can I tell mergemaster something like, "insert the left alternative
> first, followed by the right alternative" or vice versa, right first, then
> left?  Must I just edit the file(s) manually?

mergemaster just uses "sdiff -o", so anything you can use there will
work.  In particular, you want "e b" which tosses you into the editor
with both versions of the current chunk.

> And I suppose if we're going to add some flavor of a 'both' option, it's 
> only a matter of time before a need for 'neither' arises.

"e", then save the empty file.

-- 
brandon s allbery [openafs/solaris/japh/freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator [linux/heimdal/too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering                              KF8NH
carnegie mellon university  [better check the oblivious first -ke6sls]

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