33.3.6 Combining the Two Versions
Sometimes you want to keep both alternatives for a particular
difference. To do this, use x c, which edits the merge buffer
like this:
#ifdef NEW
version from A buffer
#else /* not NEW */
version from B buffer
#endif /* not NEW */
While this example shows C preprocessor conditionals delimiting the two
alternative versions, you can specify the strings to use by setting
the variable emerge-combine-versions-template to a string of your
choice. In the string, ‘%a’ says where to put version A, and
‘%b’ says where to put version B. The default setting, which
produces the results shown above, looks like this:
"#ifdef NEW\n%a#else /* not NEW */\n%b#endif /* not NEW */\n"
