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+The automatic conflict resolution currently seems to only work within
+the context of sync, when merging «synced/foo» into «foo». It would be
+convenient if this functionality were exposed for manual merges
+between local branches.
+
+E.g., one might invoke «git annex merge» or «git annex autoresolve»
+after «git merge» when conflicts are found.