diff --git a/levels/experiments/bad-layout b/levels/experiments/bad-layout
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+[setup]
+
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fu"
+
+git branch branch1
+git checkout HEAD~4
+
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fa"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fa"
+
+git branch branch2
+git checkout HEAD~2
+
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+git commit --allow-empty -m "fi"
+
+git branch branch3
+
+git checkout main
+git merge branch1
+git merge branch2
+git merge branch3