merge-ort: write $GIT_DIR/AUTO_MERGE whenever we hit a conflict

There are a variety of questions users might ask while resolving
conflicts:
  * What changes have been made since the previous (first) parent?
  * What changes are staged?
  * What is still unstaged? (or what is still conflicted?)
  * What changes did I make to resolve conflicts so far?
The first three of these have simple answers:
  * git diff HEAD
  * git diff --cached
  * git diff
There was no way to answer the final question previously.  Adding one
is trivial in merge-ort, since it works by creating a tree representing
what should be written to the working copy complete with conflict
markers.  Simply write that tree to .git/AUTO_MERGE, allowing users to
answer the fourth question with
  * git diff AUTO_MERGE

I avoided using a name like "MERGE_AUTO", because that would be
merge-specific (much like MERGE_HEAD, REBASE_HEAD, REVERT_HEAD,
CHERRY_PICK_HEAD) and I wanted a name that didn't change depending on
which type of operation the merge was part of.

Ensure that paths which clean out other temporary operation-specific
files (e.g. CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, MERGE_MSG, rebase-merge/ state directory)
also clean out this AUTO_MERGE file.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Elijah Newren
2021-03-20 00:03:52 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent aa2faac03a
commit 5291828df8
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@@ -1534,5 +1534,6 @@ REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(merge_rr, "MERGE_RR")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(merge_mode, "MERGE_MODE")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(merge_head, "MERGE_HEAD")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(merge_autostash, "MERGE_AUTOSTASH")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(auto_merge, "AUTO_MERGE")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(fetch_head, "FETCH_HEAD")
REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC(shallow, "shallow")