Re: unexpected "unresolved merge conflict" for a new file

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 01:36:57PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:

`git commit' fails on a newly added file with the following
*
* You have some suspicious patch lines:
*
* In Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst
* unresolved merge conflict (line 27)
Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst:27:=======

This message isn't generated by git itself, but rather by a pre-commit
hook. You can skip the hook by running "git commit --no-verify".

As for the false positive in the hook logic, I can't say more without
having seen the hook source. :) Do you know where you got it from?

(Googling for "suspicious patch lines" turns up some hits, but with
varying provenance).

-Peff