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[[merge-two-revert-one]]
If I make a change on two branches but revert it on one, why does the merge of those branches include the change?::
- By default, when Git does a merge, it uses a strategy called the recursive
+ By default, when Git does a merge, it uses a strategy called the `ort`
strategy, which does a fancy three-way merge. In such a case, when Git
performs the merge, it considers exactly three points: the two heads and a
third point, called the _merge base_, which is usually the common ancestor of