Match lists exported as JSON, XML and text #21
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JSON, XML and text exporters write the node match lists along with the action lists.
This allows external tools that handle Gumtree's output to determine which nodes were matched with one another. We are currently using Gumtree to develop a tree-based 3-way merge tool, according [Lindholm04].
[Lindholm04] T. Lindholm; A Three-way Merge for XML Documents, 2004
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/4712/publication1.pdf?sequence=2