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by furyofantares 84 days ago
> the result is always the same no matter what order branches are merged in — including many branches mashed together by multiple people working independently.
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Why is that valuable?
Yeah, symmetry is overrated.

Git's merge is already symmetrical for two branches being merged, and that, in and of itself, often leads to problems.

It's completely unclear that extending this to multiple branches would provide any goodness.

It means anyone can fix the conflict. Including a server side AI.
non sequitur
I was wondering when someone would try to cram The Slop Machine into this.