syncthing / syncthing/syncthing

External conflict handling tool (to merge, or select winner)

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Description

hi,

Now that syncthing has a conflict handling system, it thought would be nice to propose some kind of semi-automatic conflict resolution. (especially on first time merge, despite i saw the temporary master trick was a nice idea on some other thread)
I was thinking if something like git merge tool would be possible? That is, syncthing knows the conflict file list, and open something like vimdiff, meld, etc, to ask the user to resolve conflicts one after the other ?

Thank you

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Start by reviewing Syncthing's existing conflict handling system and how it exposes the conflict file list. Compare the proposed git merge tool workflow with external tools such as vimdiff or meld, then clarify the supported interaction and what successful first-time conflict resolution should look like.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, go
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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