Re: [Bug-gnulib] Minor cosmetic fix for gnulib-tool generated Makefile.am

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> # >>> gnulib module alloca-opt.
>
> I'd prefer a style that didn't use <<<, since various tools
> (e.g., rcsmerge) use <<<s to denote conflicts.

I agree.
Although we are capable of creating a strict regexp that matches
cvs/rcs-style conflict marker strings and that wouldn't match
`<<<' or `>>>', in practice it is convenient to be able to search
for the shorter strings.