On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 03:38 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:54:58 -0400
> > Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> >
> > When M-x gitmerge hits a conflict, it shows a window with the message:
> >
> >     Resolve the conflicts manually, then run gitmerge again.
> >     Note:
> >       - You don't have to add resolved files or commit the merge
> yourself (but you can).
> >       - You can safely close this Emacs session and do this in a new one.
> >       - When running gitmerge again, remember that you must do that from
> within the Emacs repo.
> >
> > The first note is either wrong, or I'm misunderstanding it.  If I don't
> > 'git add' the resolved files and commit the merge, then trying to run
> > M-x gitmerge again fails with (user-error "Repository is not clean").
>
> I was under the impression that resolving conflicts and saving the
> modified files automatically runs "git add" on the files.
>

It does. Sometimes, but not always. I've never figured out the conditions
that lead to each situation. I'm not using M-x gitmerge btw, just regular
smerge.

João