Stephen Leake [off-list ref] writes:
So it appears that adding a file _does_ tell git that the conflict is
resolved.
Yes it does. Git _knows_ that you consider the conflict to be resolved.
It cannot know how happy you are with the result.
Similarly, in a conflicted merge, the last "git add" does not trigger a
commit silently. And a silent commit would be much less serious than a
silent data drop.
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Matthieu Moy
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