Hello Git developers, I would like to report a potential formatting issue I encountered when testing Git merges. Environment: - git version: 2.43.0 - OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Steps to reproduce: 1. Start from a commit containing the following method: public void process() { if (flag) { execute(); } } 2. On branch A, modify the code by adding a new conditional block with indentation consistent with the surrounding style: public void process() { if (flag) { execute(); } if (shouldLog) { logger.log("Action executed."); } } 3. On branch B, make no changes to this function. 4. Merge branch A and branch B using: git merge A Expected result: - The merged file should retain the indentation style introduced by branch A: public void process() { if (flag) { execute(); } if (shouldLog) { logger.log("Action executed."); } } Actual result: - Git reduces the indentation of the newly added lines, producing inconsistent formatting: public void process() { if (flag) { execute(); } if (shouldLog) { logger.log("Action executed."); } } Additional information: - This issue appears to occur non-deterministically across different test cases. - It does not seem related to core.whitespace or space-change options, but instead to how Git decides indentation for newly introduced blocks. - The problem was reproduced using multiple merge strategies (ort, recursive). Thanks, Cori