return path;
    }

    public void merge(File existing, File result) throws RepositoryException {
        merge(existing != null ? existing.toPath() : null, result != null ? result.toPath() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public void merge(Path existing, Path result) throws RepositoryException {
        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

        write(result, metadata);

*.descriptor      linguist-generated=true
*.descriptor      -diff -merge
*.descriptor_set  linguist-generated=true
*.descriptor_set  -diff -merge
*.pb.html linguist-generated=true
*.pb.go linguist-generated=true
*.gen.go linguist-generated=true
*.gen.yaml linguist-generated=true

	}
}

func (rt *RTimedMetrics) merge(o RTimedMetrics) (n RTimedMetrics) {
	n.SinceUptime.Bytes = atomic.LoadInt64(&rt.SinceUptime.Bytes) + atomic.LoadInt64(&o.SinceUptime.Bytes)
	n.SinceUptime.Count = atomic.LoadInt64(&rt.SinceUptime.Count) + atomic.LoadInt64(&o.SinceUptime.Count)

	n.LastMinute = n.LastMinute.merge(rt.LastMinute)
	n.LastMinute = n.LastMinute.merge(o.LastMinute)
	n.LastHour = n.LastHour.merge(rt.LastHour)

	l.forwardTo(sec)
	winIdx := sec % 60
	l.Totals[winIdx].merge(a)
	l.LastSec = sec
}

// Merge all recorded latencies of last minute into one
func (l *lastMinuteLatency) getTotal() AccElem {
	var res AccElem
	sec := time.Now().Unix()
	l.forwardTo(sec)
	for _, elem := range l.Totals[:] {
		res.merge(elem)
	}
	return res
}

// forwardTo time t, clearing any entries in between.

    }

    public void merge(ArtifactMetadata metadata) {
        ProjectArtifactMetadata m = (ProjectArtifactMetadata) metadata;
        if (!m.file.equals(file)) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot add two different pieces of metadata for: " + getKey());
        }
    }

    public void merge(org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.metadata.ArtifactMetadata metadata) {

# Always check-out / check-in files with LF line endings.
* text=auto eol=lf

hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt merge=union
test/test_owners.csv merge=union

**/zz_generated.*.go linguist-generated=true
**/types.generated.go linguist-generated=true
**/generated.pb.go linguist-generated=true
**/generated.proto
**/types_swagger_doc_generated.go linguist-generated=true
api/openapi-spec/*.json linguist-generated=true

	combined := Mask(atomic.LoadUint64(&ps.types))
	combined.Merge(Mask(mask.Mask()))
	atomic.StoreUint64(&ps.types, uint64(combined))

	go func() {
		<-doneCh

		ps.Lock()
		defer ps.Unlock()
		var remainTypes Mask
		for i, s := range ps.subs {
			if s == sub {
				ps.subs = append(ps.subs[:i], ps.subs[i+1:]...)
			} else {
				remainTypes.Merge(s.types)
			}
		}

                                    + "  </properties>\n"
                                    + "</project>"),
                            true,
                            new InputSource(null, "merge-input"));
            propertiesLocation = mergeInput.getLocation("properties");
            assertNotNull(propertiesLocation);
            assertEquals(2, propertiesLocation.getLineNumber());

     */
    public void merge(
            org.apache.maven.model.Model target,
            org.apache.maven.model.Model source,
            boolean sourceDominant,
            Map<?, ?> hints) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(target, "target cannot be null");
        if (source == null) {
            return;
        }
        target.update(merge(target.getDelegate(), source.getDelegate(), sourceDominant, hints));

        result.setLocations(locations);

        return result;
    } // -- InputLocation merge( InputLocation, InputLocation, boolean )

    /**
     * Method merge.
     *
     * @param target
     * @param indices
     * @param source
     * @return InputLocation
     */
    public static InputLocation merge(
            InputLocation target, InputLocation source, java.util.Collection<Integer> indices) {