UnityYAMLMerge: File is not a valid text serialization YAML file

I tried to set up the UnityYAMLMerge tool in conjunction with Git. I changed the Asset Serialization mode to "Force text" and everything is in a neat YAML format now (i.e. I can open all asset files in a text editor). I set up everything according to the documentation page (http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SmartMerge.html). However, I still get the following error message when trying to merge the files:

 Error parsing file './Assets/World/Workstation_BASE_43921.unity': File is not a valid text serialized YAML file. Make sure that Asset Serialization is set to 'Force text' in Editor Settings.

And I am very sure that both remote and local Workstation.unity files are YAML files. Could different line endings have anything to do with the error message?

My Git-config files looks like this:

 [merge]                                                                            
     tool = unityyamlmerge                                                          
 [mergetool "unityyamlmerge"]                                                        
     trustExitCode = false                                                          
     cmd = /Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/Tools/UnityYAMLMerge merge -p "$BASE" "$REMOTE" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED"