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Explicit conflict visualization while comparing two branches

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Description

### The feature request

When you compare two branches in order to prepare a merge it could be relevant to explicitly show the liste of conflicting files
![image](https://github.com/desktop/desktop/assets/17592298/52a8fd22-bbe2-48e8-bf83-9c899d3e6088)

### Proposed solution

On my side I have developped a bash extension called nogit that can preview (in a ugly way) the merge by combining behind, ahead and conflicting files (taking into account auto-mergeable conflicts)
![image](https://github.com/desktop/desktop/assets/17592298/b28a89cc-8771-441b-a9e9-494bd6ea70c1)
A pretty version of that could be integrated in a tab to help user to manage the merge.

I use nogit for several years and this feature is really decisive for complex merge.

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