# RE: conflict markers in markdown files

- From: \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-10-28 23:25:17 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/10/7910022
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/10/7910020/t.md

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
On October 28, 2021 7:11 PM, 
> To: Nicholas Bransby-Williams <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Subject: Re: conflict markers in markdown files
> 
> Nicholas Bransby-Williams [ref] writes:
> 
> > Thanks, I didn't miss that.
> >
> > I have no control over the content in the file so I don't know what an
> > appropriate number is.
> 
> Those who are editing the file would be able to adjust the attributes
themselves,
> no?

It sounds like we might need an attribute like:

*.md	conflict-marker-size=32,conflict-marker-separator='~'

to stick 32 ~ characters as a separator, if going down that path. I'm not
sure how hard this would be, but tooling other systems, like JGit and every
client on the planet would be painful.

-Randall

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