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-# Additive edits to the [[example]] list collide constantly across topic
-# branches. The built-in union merge driver keeps both sides of a conflict
-# hunk, auto-resolving append-only lists. (Distinct dependency-line edits are
-# caught by CI, not silently merged wrong.)
-Cargo.toml merge=union