Use merge tree to detect conflicts when possible (#36400)

In Git 2.38, the `merge-tree` command introduced the `--write-tree`
option, which works directly on bare repositories. In Git 2.40, a new parameter `--merge-base` introduced so we require Git 2.40 to use the merge tree feature.

This option produces the merged tree object ID, allowing us to perform
diffs between commits without creating a temporary repository. By
avoiding the overhead of setting up and tearing down temporary repos,
this approach delivers a notable performance improvement.

It also fixes a possible situation that conflict files might be empty
but it's a conflict status according to
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge-tree#_mistakes_to_avoid

Replace #35542

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Signed-off-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
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Lunny Xiao
2026-01-27 11:57:20 -08:00
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
// doMergeStyleMerge merges the tracking branch into the current HEAD - which is assumed to be the staging branch (equal to the pr.BaseBranch)
func doMergeStyleMerge(ctx *mergeContext, message string) error {
cmd := gitcmd.NewCommand("merge", "--no-ff", "--no-commit").AddDynamicArguments(trackingBranch)
cmd := gitcmd.NewCommand("merge", "--no-ff", "--no-commit").AddDynamicArguments(tmpRepoTrackingBranch)
if err := runMergeCommand(ctx, repo_model.MergeStyleMerge, cmd); err != nil {
log.Error("%-v Unable to merge tracking into base: %v", ctx.pr, err)
return err