diff --git a/mercurial/merge.py b/mercurial/merge.py
index ef1eb6df70714ed097e4fcd7abcf9b4a715ded59_bWVyY3VyaWFsL21lcmdlLnB5..c9223a3979b70ebdfead832942f5862fb24a96a7_bWVyY3VyaWFsL21lcmdlLnB5 100644
--- a/mercurial/merge.py
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
             if entry[0] == 'u':
                 yield f
 
-    def resolve(self, dfile, wctx, labels=None):
+    def _resolve(self, dfile, wctx, labels=None):
         """rerun merge process for file path `dfile`"""
         if self[dfile] == 'r':
             return 0
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@
             self.mark(dfile, 'r')
         return r
 
+    def resolve(self, dfile, wctx, labels=None):
+        """rerun merge process for file path `dfile`"""
+        return self._resolve(dfile, wctx, labels=labels)
+
 def _checkunknownfile(repo, wctx, mctx, f, f2=None):
     if f2 is None:
         f2 = f