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Merge blocks by interleaving lines

Is there a dedicated way to merge two blocks of text by interleaving lines, like passing from this: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 to that: a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3 a4 b4 in a few commands? ...
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vimdiff and merge conflicts

When merging branches under source control there is often the issue of a merge conflict with other developers. I know that we can use vimdiff to diff code changes against source control, but is there ...
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Is there a way to “take both” when using Vim as merge tool?

I'm using Vim as a 3-way merge too with Git and sometimes need to take changes from both local and remote branches. kdiff3 can do this with a couple of key presses, is there a way to do this in Vim?
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Merge in external changes made while editing

If there are external changes made to a file being edited in Vim I understand that I can reload the content of the file by :edit. But, assume that (internally) I've made changes to the file that I ...
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Git mergetool vimdiff command

I'm attempting to get something setup that invokes the vimdiff git merge tool externally, but because of the way the setup works, I need to invoke vimdiff manually (without git mergetool). Does anyone ...
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Undo diffget in vimdiff

Say I have a merge conflict in Git, and try to resolve it with vimdiff using diff3 view. Here is a screenshot: Now while resolving, I want to diffget once from LO see how it looks like, undo, and ...
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Is it possible to use Vim's power (Vim buffers…) while doing 3 way merge in Meld?

Is it possible to use Vim's power (Vim buffers...) while doing 3 way merge in Meld ? I can see in Meld you can change the default editor: edit -> Preferences -> Editor -> default editor I ...