I forgot to git pull
my code before editing it; when I committed the new code and tried to push, I got the error «push is not possible».
At that point I did a git pull
which made some files with conflict highlighted. I removed the conflicts but I don’t know what to do from here.
I tried to git commit
again but it says the «commit is not possible because you have unmerged files»:
error: Committing is not possible because you have unmerged files.
pkamb
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asked Oct 18, 2012 at 18:54
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If you have fixed the conflicts you need to add the files to the stage with git add [filename]
, then commit as normal.
answered Oct 18, 2012 at 18:57
jonnystotenjonnystoten
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You need to do two things.
First add the changes with
git add .
git stash
git checkout <some branch>
It should solve your issue as it solved to me.
answered Mar 16, 2015 at 15:57
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You can use git stash
to save the current repository before doing the commit you want to make (after merging the changes from the upstream repo with git stash pop
). I had to do this yesterday when I had the same problem.
answered Oct 20, 2012 at 1:49
mumanmuman
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This error occurs when you resolve the conflicts but the file still needs to be added in the stage area. git add . would solve it. Then, try to commit and merge.
greg-449
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answered Jul 9, 2019 at 6:08
Since git 2.23 (August 2019) you now have a shortcut to do that: git restore --staged [filepath]
.
With this command, you could ignore a conflicted file without needing to add and remove that.
Example:
> git status
...
Unmerged paths:
(use "git add <file>..." to mark resolution)
both modified: file.ex
> git restore --staged file.ex
> git status
...
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: file.ex
answered Apr 23, 2020 at 11:20
macabeusmacabeus
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I’ve had a similar issue which boiled down to removing files under «unmerged paths»
Those files had to be removed using git rm
answered Jul 4, 2019 at 11:01
Yann VRYann VR
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So from the error above. All you have to do to fix this issue is to revert your code. (git revert HEAD
) then git pull
and then redo your changes, then git pull
again and was able to commit or merge with no errors.
Brydenr
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answered Dec 17, 2019 at 17:27
appdesignsappdesigns
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git continues to confuse me with its unhelpful error warnings This one really deserves a prize:
git merge is not possible because you have unmerged files
My situation: My master branch on github was edited (directly in the browser) while my local master branch was also edited.
I wrongly suppose you could simply merge the two versions and be done with it, but also, I cannot merge — because my files are unmerged.
git merge remote/master
results in
error: merge is not possible because you have unmerged files.
hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit.
fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
So, after adding and committing the local change and then trying to merge again, I get:
merge: remote/master - not something we can merge
Clearly I am missing something essential here… Do I have the wrong idea about what merging means? How do I fix this issue of having a different remote master / local master branch?
asked Mar 18, 2016 at 13:53
I repeatedly had the same challenge sometime ago. This problem occurs mostly when you are trying to pull from the remote repository and you have some files on your local instance conflicting with the remote version, if you are using git from an IDE such as IntelliJ, you will be prompted and allowed to make a choice if you want to retain your own changes or you prefer the changes in the remote version to overwrite yours’. If you don’t make any choice then you fall into this conflict. all you need to do is run:
git merge --abort # The unresolved conflict will be cleared off
And you can continue what you were doing before the break.
answered Aug 8, 2017 at 14:13
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The error message:
merge: remote/master — not something we can merge
is saying that Git doesn’t recognize remote/master
. This is probably because you don’t have a «remote» named «remote». You have a «remote» named «origin».
Think of «remotes» as an alias for the url to your Git server. master
is your locally checked-out version of the branch. origin/master
is the latest version of master
from your Git server that you have fetched (downloaded). A fetch
is always safe because it will only update the «origin/x» version of your branches.
So, to get your master
branch back in sync, first download the latest content from the git server:
git fetch
Then, perform the merge:
git merge origin/master
…But, perhaps the better approach would be:
git pull origin master
The pull
command will do the fetch
and merge
for you in one step.
answered Mar 18, 2016 at 13:54
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It might be the Unmerged paths that cause
error: Merging is not possible because you have unmerged files.
If so, try:
git status
if it says
You have unmerged paths.
do as suggested: either resolve conflicts and then commit or abort the merge entirely with
git merge --abort
You might also see files listed under Unmerged paths, which you can resolve by doing
git rm <file>
answered Sep 9, 2020 at 15:17
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The simple way is to type git status
into your terminal window/command prompt.
This should show you the files that either need to be added or removed
and then you can either do git add
followed by the file path (to add the file to your future commit)
or remove them with git rm
also followed by the file path (to remove the file from your future commit). To clarify, The latter command will not delete the file from your system.
After all the files in red are taken care of, you can commit and then push.
answered Mar 31, 2022 at 18:58
A PA P
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I also had similar problems.
My probblem: when I merge branch, and resolve conflicts with IDE, the IDE will show commit panel board normally, but it does not.
I think I have merged successfully, but when I push or pull,git remind me » commit your changes before merging» or «Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind».
My solution: git merge --continue
if you want to abort this merge ,you can also run git merge --abort
answered May 28, 2021 at 3:12
levinlevin
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I ran into the same issue and couldn’t decide between laughing or smashing my head on the table when I read this error…
What git really tries to tell you: «You are already in a merge state and need to resolve the conflicts there first!»
You tried a merge and a conflict occured. Then, git stays in the merge state and if you want to resolve the merge with other commands git thinks you want to execute a new merge and so it tells you you can’t do this because of your current unmerged files…
You can leave this state with git merge --abort
and now try to execute other commands.
In my case I tried a pull and wanted to resolve the conflicts by hand when the error occured…
answered May 12, 2017 at 9:01
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Another potential cause for this (Intellij was involved in my case, not sure that mattered though): trying to merge in changes from a main branch into a branch off of a feature branch.
In other words, merging «main» into «current» in the following arrangement:
main
|
--feature
|
--current
I resolved all conflicts and GiT reported unmerged files and I was stuck until I merged from main into feature, then feature into current.
answered Dec 3, 2018 at 21:51
Something that happened to me, if you tried to do merge before and resolved some conflicts on the incoming branch, git can do some changes on its own on your current branch, so try git status
even if you are sure that no modifications have been made by yourself, then something like this might appear:
then simply do git add .
git commit -m "message"
and try to do the merge again
answered Oct 28, 2021 at 15:32
CAVCAV
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I managed to resolve this issue with these git commands in order:
git init
git rm -r -f *
git merge origin main
git add *
git commit -m 'merging'
git pull
answered Oct 16, 2022 at 6:10
JesusJesus
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try
git add *
git commit -comment
git pull
Explanation
git add * : Means you are adding all files that are not added’
git commit -comment : You are committing file you have just added
git pull : You are now getting changes from online version
answered Sep 15, 2022 at 7:26
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When I was doing project work, my colleague modified a CPP code, and I also modified the code. The two codes clashed. After submission, his code git merged automatically and was prompted: [master| MERGEING]
$ git merge my_new_branch
error: Merging is not possible because you have unmerged files.
hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit.
fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
or error:
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/wizardGroup.c
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/drawmenu5.c
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/drawmenu3.c
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/drawmenu2.c
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/drawmenu1.c
Auto-merging src/ui/menu/drawmenu0.c
Auto-merging src/string/language_d.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in src/string/language_d.h
Auto-merging src/string/languageDict.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in src/string/languageDict.h
Auto-merging src/drawui.c
Auto-merging src/dev/dev_phascan.c
Auto-merging src/dev/dev_flexscan.c
Auto-merging src/callback.c
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
* solution:
If you have fixed the files you need to add the files to the stage with git add [filename], then commit as normal. Git add [modified conflicting files], and finally, commit the conflicting issues as normal: git commit [modified conflicting files] -m “comment content”
* is simply:
- use git diff or git status to check which files are in conflict, the conflict will prompt:
++< < < < < < < HEAD
++< < < < < < < new_branch
-
modify your conflicting files, after the modification, save.
-
use git add XXX and add all the files you have modified.
-
finally, with git commit-a-m “note information” commit, complete.
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Are you finding yourself in a middle of a git merge conflict in VSCode?
A merge conflict typically occurs when there are changes to the same file locally and remotely. In other words, merge conflicts means you’re having changes in the repository (which you didn’t pulled) in the exact file you’re editing.
Git can merge the changes automatically only if the commits are on different lines or branches. If there’s competing line change or competing file change (e.g. a person deletes a file in one branch and another person edits the same file), you would have to deal with them yourself.
In this article, we will show you how to handle merge conflicts quickly and easily in VSCode without touching the command line.
Git merge conflict error
How do you tell you’re encountering a merge conflict? Simple, by looking at the error message. Users should see the following error messages every time they try to push a commit into the repository:
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)
To [email protected]:myrepo.git ! [rejected] development -> development (non-fast-forward) error: failed to push some refs to '[email protected]:myrepo.git' To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected Merge the remote changes (e.g. 'git pull') before pushing again. See the 'Note about fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details.
Alternatively, if you’re trying to merge two branches and faces the following error message, it also indicates that you’re having merge conflicts.
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)
$ git merge branch1 Auto-merging index.html CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in index.html Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. JohnDoe (Master *+|MERGING) new-git-project1
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)
$ git merge branch1 error: Merging is not possible because you have unmerged files. hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>' hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit. fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
Merge line changes/resolve conflicts in VSCode
Suppose you’ve performed a git push
in VSCode and end up with the merge conflicts, following the steps below to properly handle them.
Review merge conflicts side-by-side
A beginner may have 3 or 5 line conflicts, but developers need a more comprehensive way to compare differences before deciding which changes to keep. Current inline diffs are not practical for conflicts with over 20 lines even we have 2K and 4K monitors.
IDEs like Visual Studio have already incorporated comprehensive merge editor which even supports a three-way merge. Unfortunately, VSCode haven’t been able to catch up to the others. However, there is a workaround to achieve a “side-by-side” experience from VSCode.
By default, you see all conflicts “top down”, but for each one, clicking on Compare Changes would open a tab with a side-by-side diff.
Accept all merge conflicts
If you have a huge list of merge conflicts (think 50+), manually going through each and every of them would be an unproductive task.
Fortunatelly, VSCode have a way to batch accept incoming or current changes. We find it far easier than manually accept incoming/current changes in Git using command line interface.
All you need to do is opening Command Palette and search for “merge”, you can see the Accept all current changes along with all other possible options. Choose the one which suits your specific scenario.
We hope that the short article gave you useful information on how to handle merge conflicts in VSCode and further improve your programming workflow. You may want to check out our other guides on Automate your workflow with VSCode Tasks , Format JSON in VSCode or Fix IntelliSense in VSCode. All our VSCode tutorials can be found at VSCode Tutorials. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments section below.
Merge Conflicts arise when multiple agents modify the same part of a file and push their changes to a remote branch. When you attempt to merge, pull from or push to these branches — there’s a conflict, and Git isn’t sure which set of changes to accept and which to reject, since there’s no objective measure of which change is right.
Merge Conflicts only arise when it’s impossible to discern upfront which changes to keep, and in this case, you have to step in and make a decision.
There are three ways you can deal with a Merge Conflict — you can continue with the merge, by updating your local file to match what already exists in a remote repository, you can abort a merge, which is typically done if there’s a major conflict that isn’t easily remedied or you can keep the local changes from the working directory and force them upon the remote repository.
In this guide, we’ll take a look at the three ways you can resolve a Merge Conflict with Git.
How do Merge Conflicts Happen?
Let’s quickly create a repository and a merge conflict so we can observe which changes caused it and how the files look like when we resolve it. We’ll emulate a remote-work environment by creating two folders and two Git repositories within them:
$ cd Jane
$ git init
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
$ cd..
$ cd John
$ git init
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
Jane and John are working on a project together, and share the same file — README.md
. John wrote the file, accidentally leaving in a typo, and pushed it to the remote origin. Jane caught this, fixed the typo and pushed the file to the remote origin again.
Once John wanted to add a new line to the file, and merge his branch to the main
branch — his README.md
(which has the typo) was in conflict with the main
‘s README.md
, which had the typo fixed.
On John’s feature branch, he added a README.md
file:
$ git branch feature_john
$ git checkout feature_john
Switched to branch 'feature_john'
$ echo 'Welcome to our READMW.md!' >> README.md
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "Added README.md"
[feature_john c44d65f] Added README.md
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 README.md
$ git push origin feature_john
git push origin feature_john
Enumerating objects: 4, done.
Counting objects: 100% (4/4), done.
...
To https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
* [new branch] feature_john -> feature_john
$ git checkout main
Switched to branch 'main'
$ git merge feature_john
Updating 48f09c2..c44d65f
Fast-forward
README.md | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 README.md
$ git push origin main
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
To https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
48f09c2..c44d65f main -> main
John added a new file to his branch and pushed it to his remote branch and then merged into main
— no issues, there weren’t any files there before that.
Now, Jane wants to get up to date with the main
branch by pulling the changes made there, notices the typo — fixes it, and pushes back to main to prevent others from pulling the erroneous piece:
$ cd Jane
$ git pull origin main
remote: Enumerating objects: 4, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4/4), done.
...
Updating 48f09c2..c44d65f
Fast-forward
README.md | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 100644 README.md
$ git branch feature_jane
$ git checkout feature_jane
$ echo 'Welcome to our README.md!' > README.md
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "Fixed typo in README.md file"
[feature_jane 60f64fc] Fixed typo in README.md file
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
$ git push origin feature_jane
Enumerating objects: 5, done.
Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 292 bytes | 292.00 KiB/s, done.
...
To https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
* [new branch] feature_jane -> feature_jane
$ git checkout main
Switched to branch 'main'
$ git merge feature_jane
Updating c44d65f..60f64fc
Fast-forward
README.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
$ git push origin main
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
To https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts.git
c44d65f..60f64fc main -> main
Now main
is clean — no typo in the README.md
. Though, John’s file is now out of sync.
- If he tries pulling the origin’s
main
— a Merge Conflict will occur. - If he tries to push a change with a conflicting change on the remote branch — a Merge Conflict will occur.
- If he tries to run
$ git merge
on two branches that have conflicting changes — a Merge Conflict will occur.
Say John added a new line to the file, pulled from the main
branch and then tried merging his new addition into main
before pushing his :
$ echo 'New line!' >> README.md
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "Added new line to README.md"
[feature_john ba27684] Added new line to README.md
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
$ git checkout main
Switched to branch 'main'
$ git pull origin main
From https://github.com/DavidLandup0/solving-merge-conflicts
* branch main -> FETCH_HEAD
Updating c44d65f..60f64fc
Fast-forward
README.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
$ git merge feature_john
Auto-merging README.md
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in README.md
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
There it is — Merge conflict in README.md
. There are three things John can do to solve this conflict, as he is now in the MERGING phase. When Git encounters a conflict, it doesn’t abandon the merge — it allows you to attempt fixing the issue on the spot or abandon it if you’d like to.
Find Merge Conflict Source
The first step you need to take is find out why there’s a Merge Conflict in the first place. When in the MERGING phase, as we are, Git will annotate the file that’s causing the conflict. If we open the README.md
file on John’s local machine, we’ll see:
<<<<<<< HEAD
Welcome to our README.md!
=======
'Welcome to our READMW.md!'
New line!
>>>>>>> feature_john
The <<<<<<<
denotes the cause of the conflict and the current reference follows it (HEAD
). This is the change from main
. Then, we’ve got the =======
line (just a separator) before John’s set of changes.
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Finally, the >>>>>>>
denotes that that’s the end of the conflict, with the branch name we’re trying to merge into the top side of =======
.
Note: If we were merging by pulling main
changes into feature_john
— the order of changes would be the opposite, since the current reference would be on feature_john
and the changes on main
would be beneath the =======
line. Though, keep in mind that this isn’t good practice as the feature branch is meant to contain separate changes from the main branch.
Solve Merge Conflict with git merge —abort
A valid way to solve the conflict is to abort from it — and stop the MERGING phase. This is typically done when the solution isn’t to fix a single line — and when large changes need to be made. This usually necessitates a plan with a team member as well.
If we abort the merge, the added conflict lines will be removed and we’ll have John’s
README.md
file once again.
While we’re still in the merging phase, let’s abort the merge altogether:
$ git merge --abort
This simply aborts the merge and your file is returned to its state before you’ve encountered the conflict:
'Welcome to our READMW.md!'
New line!
If you’re using Git’s Command-Line Editor (or other shells that support the feature), you’ll also be able to see which phase you’re in:
(main)
$ git merge feature_john
Auto-merging README.md
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in README.md
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
(main|MERGING)
$ git merge --abort
(main)
$
Now, with your file out of harm’s way — phone your colleague and discuss your next steps. Alternatively, if you accept their changes, you can continue with the merge.
Solve Merge Conflict with git merge —continue
You can continue the merge with a conflict, but Git won’t overwrite the files automatically. If you try merging, encounter a conflict, and try to $ git merge --continue
, you’ll face another error:
$ git merge feature_john
Auto-merging README.md
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in README.md
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
$ git merge --continue
error: Committing is not possible because you have unmerged files.
hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit.
fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
U README.md
If it were possible to continue, Git would’ve continued already. You’re still in the MERGING phase, so you can change your README.md
to conform to main
‘s version of it, mark the resolution by adding or removing the file again, and then run the $ git merge --continue
command.
Let’s fix the file first. In our case, since the «Welcome…» line was causing an issue, but the «New line!» wasn’t — we can leave the new line in — John’s new feature — and fix the typo that’s in conflict:
Welcome to our README.md!
New line!
Now, we add
the file once again and run the $ git merge --continue
command:
Fix the file...
$ git add README.md
$ git merge --continue
[main fea8fbb] Merge branch 'feature_john'
You’ve accepted the changes from main
and adapted your local file to reflect it, and adding it back.
Note: In newer versions of Git, when you run the $ git merge --continue
command, it’ll commit that merge automatically, so you don’t have to, though, you do have to add the changed file again. When you run the command, a text editor will open up with the default commit message of Merge branch 'branch_name'
. You can just exit it, saving the message, to commit the change and merge the branches.
Solve Merge Conflict By Forcing Local Changes to Remote
Instead of aborting, or yielding to changes — if you’re certain that the changes made in your working directory are certainly the ones to keep, you can keep the local changes instead of adapting to the remote ones.
When a Merge Conflict occurs, you can $ git checkout
the file from feature_john
, and then add it to the main
branch.
Note: Remember that $ git checkout
updates the files in the working tree to match the version in the index.
When updating — you can keep the changes made on a different branch and apply it to this branch. On the main
branch, into which we wish to merge feature_john
, let’s update the README.md
file to contain the changes from the feature_john
branch.
In the context of main
, these changes are referred to as theirs, while the changes on main
are referred to as ours. If you wish to keep changes from main
, switch the --theirs
flag with --ours
:
$ git checkout --theirs README.md
Updated 1 path from the index
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "Accepting changes from feature_john"
[main 5541f29] Accepting changes from feature_john
Now, you can merge the rest of the changes that are not in conflict cleanly, since we’ve only created a roundabout merge for the one file that caused a conflict this way.
Conclusion
In this guide, we’ve taken a look at how to resolve Merge Conflicts in Git. We’ve explored the three ways you can bump into this common error, and how they arise.
Then, we’ve explored three solutions to the issue, with the dummy two local repositories and a remote repository we’ve created in the examples.
Do you get the error message, «Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files,» when you try to git pull changes? Worry no more.
This tutorial explains the origin of the error message and how to solve it.
Let’s do this!
Understand the basics
Git pull
Let’s start by understanding what git pull entails.
Think of the code tracking environment as a two-part architecture: local and remote environment. In a local environment, we create the project files in a working directory. Next, we stage the changes. We can fall back to untracked files or safely store the files in a repository.
In simple terms, a repository is the version control system’s database. Here, Git refers to the new changes as commits and assigns them unique numbers called commit hashes.
Although the changes are safely stored and can be retrieved, they are local. That means a loss of the computer results in a loss of our files. So, we send the changes to a remote repository through git push.
ALSO READ: git show explained in-depth [Practical Examples]
We can then collaborate with more remote developers, working on the same or separate git branches. A developer does their part and pushes the changes to the specified branch. To get the other developer’s changes, you do the opposite of git push: git pull.
git pull is the process of updating a local repository with its updated remote version.
Some articles related to this topic:
git pull force Explained
git pull command examples
git pull vs git pull —rebase explained with examples
Git merge
A typical repository has multiple branches: the main branch and its subbranches.
After creating commits in the subbranch, we unite them with the main branch. This process is called git merge. Git merge enables collaboration in a project. Git is intelligent enough to notice the merge timestamps per branch.
Some articles related to this topic:
git merge explained
Git merge vs rebase and the problems they solve
However, here is a catch.
Merge Conflicts
Sometimes Git gets confused when it cannot determine the logical hierarchy of code portions resulting from commits of separate branches. Such a scenario is called a merge conflict.
A merge conflict needs to be resolved. Otherwise, your subsequent pull requests will fail. You can correct the pull error by resolving the merge conflict through a hard reset or manually accepting the new commit’s changes in the script file.
Now that you know the origin and the solution to the typical error, «Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files,» let’s set up a lab environment and do it practically.
ALSO READ: Git create repository
Lab environment setup
Log into your GitHub account and create a new repo with a README.md
file. I am creating one called lab
.
Copy the repo URL.
Return to your local machine’s terminal, clone the repo, and cd
into it.
Now let’s generate the error: Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files.
Generate the error: Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files
Make a commit in the main branch
Let’s create index.html
with a title and a description paragraph.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Let's create the error</h2>
<p>You are about encounter the error: pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</p>
</body>
</html>
Stage and commit the changes.
git add index.html git commit -m "Add index.html"
Now we have two commits in the main branch.
git log --oneline
Make a commit in the feature branch
Create a feature branch.
git switch -c feature_branch
And modify the index.html file by adding a paragraph: First, create the feature branch. We use Visual Studio Code to ease the development and manual error correction. Stage the changes and make a commit
.
Now the feature branch is ahead of the main branch with a commit.
ALSO READ: git detached HEAD Explained [Easy Examples]
Switch to the main branch, and modify the index.html
with a paragraph: Generating the error.
Next, stage the changes and create a commit
.
What happens when we attempt to merge the feature branch?
Let’s find out.
Create a merge conflict
Now let’s attempt merging the feature branch’s changes.
Input
git merge feature_branch
Output
user@hostname:~/lab$ git merge feature_branch
Auto-merging index.html
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in index.html
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
Git tells us it found a conflict in the index.html
file and recommends that we correct the error before proceeding.
Okay, let’s inspect the file.
Input
cat index.html
Output
user@hostname:~/lab$ cat index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Let's create the error</h2>
<p>You are about encounter the error: pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</p>
<<<<<<< HEAD
<p>Generating the error</p>
=======
<p>First, create the feature branch</p>
>>>>>>> feature_branch
</body>
Git is stranded on whether the paragraph from the latest commit (HEAD) from the main branch should come first or the feature branch’s paragraph.
<<<<<<< HEAD
<p>Generating the error</p>
=======
<p>First, create the feature branch</p>
>>>>>>> feature_branch
We could edit the file to capture our intention before merging the feature branch. However, let’s ignore the call to resolve the conflict. Nor merge the feature branch.
ALSO READ: First Time Git Setup | Git Config Global
Instead, let’s return to the GitHub repository and update the README.md
file
Getting error
Now attempt to pull the remote changes.
Input
git pull
Output
user@hostname:~/lab$ git pull
error: Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files.
hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit.
fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
Git says we have an error: Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files.
Resolving the error: Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files
Although we could reset one of the commits, we will retain the changes by accepting both paragraphs in the index.html.
from
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Let's create the error</h2>
<p>You are about encounter the error: pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</p>
<<<<<<< HEAD
<p>Generating the error</p>
=======
<p>First, create the feature branch</p>
>>>>>>> feature_branch
</body>
</html>
to
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Let's create the error</h2>
<p>You are about encounter the error: pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files</p>
<p>Generating the error</p>
<p>First, create the feature branch</p>
</body>
</html>
Then, stage and commit the changes.
ALSO READ: Git merge vs rebase and the problems they solve
Input
git add . git commit -m "Accept both paragraphs"
Output
user@hostname:~/lab$ git add .
user@hostname:~/lab$ git commit -m "Accept both paragraphs"
[main 308f222] Accept both paragraphs
Now git pulling does not produce the primary error.
Input
git pull
Output
user@hostname:~/lab$ git pull
remote: Enumerating objects: 5, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), 779 bytes | 194.00 KiB/s, done.
From github.com:Stevealila/lab
634d087..4685287 main -> origin/main
hint: You have divergent branches and need to specify how to reconcile them.
hint: You can do so by running one of the following commands sometime before
hint: your next pull:
hint:
hint: git config pull.rebase false # merge
hint: git config pull.rebase true # rebase
hint: git config pull.ff only # fast-forward only
hint:
hint: You can replace "git config" with "git config --global" to set a default
hint: preference for all repositories. You can also pass --rebase, --no-rebase,
hint: or --ff-only on the command line to override the configured default per
hint: invocation.
fatal: Need to specify how to reconcile divergent branches.
Although the pull process goes through, we get some warnings. The relieving part is that Git gives us some hints on how to get rid of the warnings.
Summary
The error, «Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files,» often results from attempting to git pull changes without resolving local merge conflicts. As shown in this tutorial, you can correct the conflicts before proceeding with git pull.
ALSO READ: git fetch vs git pull Explained [With Examples]
Конфликты слияния Git: программирование для Android
git продолжает сбивать меня с толку своими бесполезными предупреждениями об ошибках. Это действительно заслуживает награды:
git merge is not possible because you have unmerged files
Моя ситуация: моя основная ветка на github была отредактирована (прямо в браузере), в то время как моя локальная главная ветка также была отредактирована.
Я ошибочно полагаю, что вы могли бы просто объединить две версии и покончить с этим, но я также не могу объединиться, потому что мои файлы не объединены.
git merge remote/master
приводит к
error: merge is not possible because you have unmerged files. hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm ' hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit. fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.
Итак, после добавления и фиксации локального изменения и повторной попытки слияния я получаю:
merge: remote/master - not something we can merge
Ясно, что мне здесь не хватает чего-то важного … Я неправильно понимаю, что означает слияние? Как мне решить эту проблему, связанную с наличием другой удаленной главной / локальной главной ветки?
Сообщение об ошибке:
merge: remote / master — не то, что мы можем объединить
говорит, что Git не распознает remote/master
. Вероятно, это потому, что у вас нет «удаленного» с именем «удаленный». У вас есть «удаленный» с именем «origin».
Думайте о «пультах» как о псевдониме URL-адреса вашего сервера Git. master
это ваша локально зарегистрированная версия ветки. origin/master
это последняя версия master
с вашего сервера Git, который вы получили (загрузили). А fetch
всегда безопасен, потому что обновляет только версию «origin / x» ваших веток.
Итак, чтобы получить master
вернуться в синхронизацию, сначала загрузите последний контент с сервера git:
git fetch
Затем выполните слияние:
git merge origin/master
… Но, возможно, лучшим подходом будет:
git pull origin master
В pull
команда сделает fetch
а также merge
для вас за один шаг.
- Спасибо, я не понял, что pull тоже сливается. Я выполнил выборку и слияние, но, похоже, ничего не произошло, хотя теперь git говорит, что все обновлено. Я ожидал, что слияние покажет «конфликт слияния», когда вам придется вручную редактировать изменения, которые вы хотите сохранить?
- В этом случае похоже, что Git смог настроить разрешение для вас … чтобы быть уверенным, что вы взяли то, что планировали, хороший инструмент «проверки работоспособности», который я часто использую, — это «gitk». Он поставляется с установкой Git, так что он у вас уже должен быть. Просто введите «gitk» в командном терминале, чтобы просмотреть дерево Git в виде графического интерфейса.
- Слияние вставило в мой файл комментарии, которые выглядят следующим образом: <<<<<<</head>
- Да, это звучит как правдоподобная причина для этого … если вы хотите повторно выполнить слияние (после исправления инструмента слияния), вы должны иметь возможность:
git reset --hard MERGE_HEAD
чтобы вернуться в состояние до слияния - Спасибо, это уже отвечает на мой вопрос, почему я не могу выполнить слияние (сначала мне нужно было иметь две разные версии). Теперь остается как заставить git автоматически открывать «opendiff / fileMerge» в случае конфликта. Полагаю, это другой вопрос.
Некоторое время назад я неоднократно сталкивался с одной и той же проблемой. Эта проблема возникает в основном, когда вы пытаетесь извлечь данные из удаленного репозитория, и у вас есть файлы на вашем локальном экземпляре, конфликтующие с удаленной версией, если вы используете git из IDE, такой как IntelliJ, вам будет предложено и разрешено сделать выбор, если вы хотите сохранить свои собственные изменения или предпочитаете, чтобы изменения в удаленной версии перезаписывали ваши. Если вы не сделаете никакого выбора, вы попадете в этот конфликт. все, что вам нужно сделать, это запустить:
git merge --abort # The unresolved conflict will be cleared off
И вы можете продолжить то, что делали до перерыва.
- Неустранимый: нет слияния для отмены
Я столкнулся с той же проблемой и не мог решить, смеяться ли я или разбиться головой об стол, когда прочитал эту ошибку …
Что git на самом деле пытается вам сказать: «Вы уже находитесь в состоянии слияния и вам нужно сначала разрешить там конфликты!»
Вы попытались выполнить слияние, и возник конфликт. Затем git остается в состоянии слияния, и если вы хотите разрешить слияние с другими командами, git думает, что вы хотите выполнить новое слияние, и поэтому он сообщает вам, что вы не можете этого сделать из-за ваших текущих несвязанных файлов …
Вы можете выйти из этого состояния с помощью git merge --abort
а теперь попробуйте выполнить другие команды.
В моем случае я попробовал тянуть и хотел разрешить конфликты вручную, когда произошла ошибка …
- 1 Полезно знать, что я не единственный, кого постоянно сбивают с толку загадочные сообщения об ошибках git.
- получение каждой команды отклонено, после git merge —abort git начал выполнять команду
Другая потенциальная причина этого (в моем случае был задействован Intellij, хотя я не уверен, что это имело значение): попытка объединить изменения из основной ветки в ветку за веткой функции.
Другими словами, слияние «основного» с «текущим» в следующем порядке:
main | --feature | --current
Я разрешил все конфликты, и GiT сообщил о несоединенных файлах, и я застрял, пока не слил из основного в функцию, а затем из функции в текущую.
Это может быть Несвязанные пути это причина
error: Merging is not possible because you have unmerged files.
Если да, попробуйте:
git status
если это говорит
У вас есть несвязанные пути.
сделайте, как предложено: либо разрешите конфликты, а затем зафиксируйте, либо полностью прервите слияние
git merge --abort
Вы также можете увидеть файлы, перечисленные в Несвязанные пути, который вы можете решить, выполнив
git rm
- 1 Это просто бесполезное сообщение об ошибке …. В моем случае это в основном означает, что у меня есть конфликты слияния, которые нужно исправлять вручную. Было бы очень полезно, если бы сообщение об ошибке действительно говорило об этом.
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