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Types of conflict
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The following types of conflict can be encountered during a merge, or
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a merge-like operation (such as resyncing local changes with
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upstream):
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Aaron's list:
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* Parent directory missing when attempting to add a file
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* Attempt to create directory that already exists
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* Some patch hunks failed to apply
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* While changing permissions, the "old" permissions in the changeset do
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  not match the file.
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* While replacing contents of a file, the old contents of a file do not
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  match the changeset
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* Attempt to remove non-empty directory: This only occurs when the
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  directory has contents that it didn't have the last time it was deleted.
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  It's pretty easy to handle adds, renames and deletes for exact
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  patching.  There's no need to rm -rf directories as tla does.
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* Attempt to create a symlink when there is already a file/dir/etc with
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  that name
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* Attempt to apply a patch to a file that does not exist
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* Attempt to remove a file that does not exist
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* Attempt to rename a file that does not exist
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* Attempt to change permissions of a file that does not exist
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* Can't determine filename during three-way merging
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* Can't determine file parent directory during three-way merging
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* Can't determine file permissions during three-way merging
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Aaaron says: I have no doubt there are more.  For example, attempt to
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change permissions of a symlink.