diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
index 034b20f90..20d08c3a0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
                 <message_argument value="processEntry(CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, DirCacheBuildIterator, WorkingTreeIterator, boolean)"/>
             </message_arguments>
         </filter>
+        <filter id="1141899266">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="3.5"/>
+                <message_argument value="4.9"/>
+                <message_argument value="processEntry(CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, DirCacheBuildIterator, WorkingTreeIterator, boolean)"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+        <filter id="1143996420">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="processEntry(CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, CanonicalTreeParser, DirCacheBuildIterator, WorkingTreeIterator, boolean)"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
     </resource>
     <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/HttpConnection.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.HttpConnection">
         <filter id="403767336">
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index 92c2bb35a..23fdc35bd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -444,6 +444,62 @@ private DirCacheEntry keep(DirCacheEntry e) {
 		return newEntry;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Processes one path and tries to merge taking git attributes in account.
+	 * This method will do all trivial (not content) merges and will also detect
+	 * if a merge will fail. The merge will fail when one of the following is
+	 * true
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>the index entry does not match the entry in ours. When merging one
+	 * branch into the current HEAD, ours will point to HEAD and theirs will
+	 * point to the other branch. It is assumed that the index matches the HEAD
+	 * because it will only not match HEAD if it was populated before the merge
+	 * operation. But the merge commit should not accidentally contain
+	 * modifications done before the merge. Check the <a href=
+	 * "http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-read-tree.html#_3_way_merge"
+	 * >git read-tree</a> documentation for further explanations.</li>
+	 * <li>A conflict was detected and the working-tree file is dirty. When a
+	 * conflict is detected the content-merge algorithm will try to write a
+	 * merged version into the working-tree. If the file is dirty we would
+	 * override unsaved data.</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param base
+	 *            the common base for ours and theirs
+	 * @param ours
+	 *            the ours side of the merge. When merging a branch into the
+	 *            HEAD ours will point to HEAD
+	 * @param theirs
+	 *            the theirs side of the merge. When merging a branch into the
+	 *            current HEAD theirs will point to the branch which is merged
+	 *            into HEAD.
+	 * @param index
+	 *            the index entry
+	 * @param work
+	 *            the file in the working tree
+	 * @param ignoreConflicts
+	 *            see
+	 *            {@link ResolveMerger#mergeTrees(AbstractTreeIterator, RevTree, RevTree, boolean)}
+	 * @return <code>false</code> if the merge will fail because the index entry
+	 *         didn't match ours or the working-dir file was dirty and a
+	 *         conflict occurred
+	 * @throws MissingObjectException
+	 * @throws IncorrectObjectTypeException
+	 * @throws CorruptObjectException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @since 3.5
+	 * @deprecated
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	protected boolean processEntry(CanonicalTreeParser base,
+			CanonicalTreeParser ours, CanonicalTreeParser theirs,
+			DirCacheBuildIterator index, WorkingTreeIterator work,
+			boolean ignoreConflicts) throws MissingObjectException,
+			IncorrectObjectTypeException, CorruptObjectException, IOException {
+		return processEntry(base, ours, theirs, index, work, ignoreConflicts,
+				null);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Processes one path and tries to merge taking git attributes in account.
 	 * This method will do all trivial (not content) merges and will also detect