These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/jemalloc-5.4.0-r2:0/2::gentoo  USE="stats -debug -lazy-lock -prof -xmalloc" 893 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] dev-util/difftastic-0.69.0::gentoo  USE="-debug" 39889 KiB

Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 40782 KiB