When merging changes into a dirty working copy, one may get
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Updating 62a005d..7bbd698
Makefile: needs update
README: needs update
config.mak.in: needs update
configure.ac: needs update
fatal: Entry 'Makefile' not uptodate. Cannot merge.
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This is bad error message; "uptodate" suggests that Makefile is too old.
The problem is the reverse. The Makefile has been
edited and hence it is 'newer'.
This message should say
Entry 'Makefile' is dirty.
Revert or commit changes before merging
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Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen@xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen