+/*
+ * When a CE gets turned into an unmerged entry, we
+ * want it to be up-to-date
+ */
+static void verify_uptodate(struct cache_entry *ce)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (!lstat(ce->name, &st)) {
+ unsigned changed = ce_match_stat(ce, &st);
+ if (!changed)
+ return;
+ errno = 0;
+ }
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ return;
+ die("Entry '%s' not uptodate. Cannot merge.", ce->name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the old tree contained a CE that isn't even in the
+ * result, that's always a problem, regardless of whether
+ * it's up-to-date or not (ie it can be a file that we
+ * have updated but not committed yet).
+ */
+static void reject_merge(struct cache_entry *ce)
+{
+ die("Entry '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Cannot merge.", ce->name);
+}
+
+static int merged_entry(struct cache_entry *merge, struct cache_entry *old, struct cache_entry **dst)
+{
+ merge->ce_flags |= htons(CE_UPDATE);
+ if (old) {
+ /*
+ * See if we can re-use the old CE directly?
+ * That way we get the uptodate stat info.
+ *
+ * This also removes the UPDATE flag on
+ * a match.
+ */
+ if (same(old, merge)) {
+ *merge = *old;
+ } else {
+ verify_uptodate(old);
+ }
+ }
+ merge->ce_flags &= ~htons(CE_STAGEMASK);
+ *dst++ = merge;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int threeway_merge(struct cache_entry *stages[4], struct cache_entry **dst)
+{
+ struct cache_entry *old = stages[0];
+ struct cache_entry *a = stages[1], *b = stages[2], *c = stages[3];
+ struct cache_entry *merge;
+ int count;
+
+ /*
+ * If we have an entry in the index cache ("old"), then we want
+ * to make sure that it matches any entries in stage 2 ("first
+ * branch", aka "b").
+ */
+ if (old) {
+ if (!b || !same(old, b))
+ return -1;
+ }
+ merge = merge_entries(a, b, c);
+ if (merge)
+ return merged_entry(merge, old, dst);
+ if (old)
+ verify_uptodate(old);
+ count = 0;
+ if (a) { *dst++ = a; count++; }
+ if (b) { *dst++ = b; count++; }
+ if (c) { *dst++ = c; count++; }
+ return count;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Two-way merge.
+ *
+ * The rule is to "carry forward" what is in the index without losing
+ * information across a "fast forward", favoring a successful merge
+ * over a merge failure when it makes sense. For details of the
+ * "carry forward" rule, please see <Documentation/git-read-tree.txt>.
+ *
+ */
+static int twoway_merge(struct cache_entry **src, struct cache_entry **dst)
+{
+ struct cache_entry *current = src[0];
+ struct cache_entry *oldtree = src[1], *newtree = src[2];
+
+ if (src[3])
+ return -1;
+
+ if (current) {
+ if ((!oldtree && !newtree) || /* 4 and 5 */
+ (!oldtree && newtree &&
+ same(current, newtree)) || /* 6 and 7 */
+ (oldtree && newtree &&
+ same(oldtree, newtree)) || /* 14 and 15 */
+ (oldtree && newtree &&
+ !same(oldtree, newtree) && /* 18 and 19*/
+ same(current, newtree))) {
+ *dst++ = current;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ else if (oldtree && !newtree && same(current, oldtree)) {
+ /* 10 or 11 */
+ verify_uptodate(current);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else if (oldtree && newtree &&
+ same(current, oldtree) && !same(current, newtree)) {
+ /* 20 or 21 */
+ verify_uptodate(current);
+ return merged_entry(newtree, NULL, dst);
+ }
+ else
+ /* all other failures */
+ return -1;
+ }
+ else if (newtree)
+ return merged_entry(newtree, NULL, dst);
+ else
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * One-way merge.
+ *
+ * The rule is:
+ * - take the stat information from stage0, take the data from stage1
+ */
+static int oneway_merge(struct cache_entry **src, struct cache_entry **dst)
+{
+ struct cache_entry *old = src[0];
+ struct cache_entry *a = src[1];
+
+ if (src[2] || src[3])
+ return -1;
+
+ if (!a)
+ return 0;
+ if (old && same(old, a)) {
+ *dst++ = old;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return merged_entry(a, NULL, dst);
+}
+
+static void check_updates(struct cache_entry **src, int nr)
+{
+ static struct checkout state = {
+ .base_dir = "",
+ .force = 1,
+ .quiet = 1,
+ .refresh_cache = 1,
+ };
+ unsigned short mask = htons(CE_UPDATE);
+ while (nr--) {
+ struct cache_entry *ce = *src++;
+ if (ce->ce_flags & mask) {
+ ce->ce_flags &= ~mask;
+ if (update)
+ checkout_entry(ce, &state);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+typedef int (*merge_fn_t)(struct cache_entry **, struct cache_entry **);
+
+static void merge_cache(struct cache_entry **src, int nr, merge_fn_t fn)