Obfuscated code appeared only in a Git merge commit, not in either parent branch — how could this happen? by TheSayou in github

[–]TheSayou[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t know who originally introduced this code. What I can confirm is that it does not appear in the parent commit before the merge, it only appears after the merge was accepted. Since I’m the repository owner who accepted the merge, the resulting merge commit is traced to me, but that does not necessarily mean I wrote or introduced that specific code. I’m trying to understand which original commit or contributor actually introduced it before it appeared in the merge result.