Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] merge-file: honor merge.conflictStyle outside of a repository

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 10:08:24 +0100

On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 10:37:48PM +0100, Yannik Tausch wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin/merge-file.c b/builtin/merge-file.c
> index 46775d0c79..f9de636884 100644
> --- a/builtin/merge-file.c
> +++ b/builtin/merge-file.c
> @@ -95,12 +95,10 @@ int cmd_merge_file(int argc,
>  	xmp.style = 0;
>  	xmp.favor = 0;
>  
> -	if (startup_info->have_repository) {
> -		/* Read the configuration file */
> -		repo_config(the_repository, git_xmerge_config, NULL);
> -		if (0 <= git_xmerge_style)
> -			xmp.style = git_xmerge_style;
> -	}
> +	/* Read the configuration file */
> +	repo_config(repo, git_xmerge_config, NULL);
> +	if (0 <= git_xmerge_style)
> +		xmp.style = git_xmerge_style;
>  
>  	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, merge_file_usage, 0);
>  	if (argc != 3)

Makes sense. I was briefly wondering about error handling in the old/new
code, but unknown keys are already handled by `git_xmerge_config()`, and
we'd die in case we see one.

So this patch looks good to me overall, thanks!

Patrick