Avoid generating unwanted git .orig and .backup files

To avoid generating unwanted git .orig and .backup files, you can modify the configuration by executing the following command:

git config --global mergetool.keepBackup false

Typically, when using git mergetool to resolve merge conflicts, the tool will save the conflicted version of the file with a .orig and .backup suffixes. However, if the mergetool.keepBackup configuration option is set to false, these .orig and .backup files will not be preserved. It’s worth noting that the default value for this option is true, meaning that backup files will be kept by default.

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