Article 715BY [$] Mergiraf: syntax-aware merging for Git

[$] Mergiraf: syntax-aware merging for Git

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The idea of automatic syntax-aware merging in version-control systems goes back to2005 or earlier, but initial implementations wereoften language-specific and slow.Mergiraf is a merge-conflict resolver that uses a generic algorithm plus asmall amount of language-specific knowledgeto solve conflicts that Git's default strategy cannot.The project's contributors have been working on thetool for just under a year, but it alreadysupports 33 languages, including C,Python, Rust, and evenSystemVerilog.

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