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CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict during rebase

ID: git/rebase-conflict

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88%Fix Rate
90%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2 active — — —

Root Cause

Rebase stopped due to conflict. Must resolve before continuing.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Resolve conflict in each file, then git add <file> && git rebase --continue 
    # Edit conflicting files
git add <resolved-files>
git rebase --continue

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#_resolving_conflicts

  2. 90% success Use git rebase --abort to start over if things go wrong 
    Use git rebase --abort to start over if things go wrong

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#_options

  3. 78% success Consider git rerere to auto-resolve recurring conflicts 
    git config rerere.enabled true

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rerere

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Use git rebase --skip on every conflict 85% fail

    Skips your commits — you'll lose changes

  2. Abort and merge instead every time 50% fail

    Merge creates noise in history — rebase conflicts are normal and resolvable

Error Chain

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