I built a merge-conflict predictor that ignores lines and reads the AST instead

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Git's idea of a merge conflict is narrower than it should be. Two branches change the same lines, you get a conflict. Two branches touch the same function from different files and never collide, git merges cleanly and congratulates you. Then production breaks. That's the merge I've learned to fear…

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1. 2026-10-04 07:51 · DEV Community — AI
   I built a merge-conflict predictor that ignores lines and reads the AST instead