# \[PATCH v4 09/12\] merge: use the "resolve" strategy without forking

- From: Alban Gruin \<hidden\>
- Date: 2020-11-13 12:11:13 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2020/11/7865244
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2020/06/7851045/t.md

```text
This teaches `git merge' to invoke the "resolve" strategy with a
function call instead of forking.

Signed-off-by: Alban Gruin <redacted>
---
 builtin/merge.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 9d5359edc2..ddfefd8ce3 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
+#include "merge-strategies.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_TWOHEAD (1<<0)
 #define DEFAULT_OCTOPUS (1<<1)
@@ -740,7 +741,10 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
 				       COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
 			die(_("unable to write %s"), get_index_file());
 		return clean ? 0 : 1;
-	} else {
+	} else if (!strcmp(strategy, "resolve"))
+		return merge_strategies_resolve(the_repository, common,
+						head_arg, remoteheads);
+	else {
 		return try_merge_command(the_repository,
 					 strategy, xopts_nr, xopts,
 					 common, head_arg, remoteheads);
-- 
2.20.1

```