Many time, when we do git push/pull or git merge, we end up with conflicts.
In most cases, solution to merge-conflict is as simple as discarding local changes or remote/other branch changes.
Following is useful in those cases…
Resolving merge conflicts
Find files with merge conflict
Change working directory to project folder.
cd project-folder
Search for all conflicting files.
grep -lr '<<<<<<<' .
Above will list all files which has marker special marker <<<<<<< in them.
Resolve easy/obvious conflicts
At this point you may review each files. If solution is to accept local/our version, run:
git checkout --ours PATH/FILE
If solution is to accept remote/other-branch version, run:
git checkout --theirs PATH/FILE
If you have multiple files and you want to accept local/our version, run:
grep -lr '<<<<<<<' . | xargs git checkout --ours
If you have multiple files and you want to accept remote/other-branch version, run:
grep -lr '<<<<<<<' . | xargs git checkout --theirs
For complex conflicts
For files that needs manual review/edit, use vim or any text editor to resolve differences.
Make sure you run git add FILENAME for files edited using vim.
Finally, review if all files are ready for commit using git status
And run git commit -am "MSG" followed by optional git push