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What is the general process for merging two git branches, reviewing edits on each branch?
  • Beginner question on using git.
  • Suppose you have a largish git repository with many files of different types (both text and images) distributed among a number of nested directories. Parallel development has occurred on two branches, each editing, creating, and removing files at various points within the directory tree.
  • Now you want to merge the two branches, reviewing each of the edits to ensure that the correct information is preserved to maintain the desired content and functionality from each of the two branches.
  • What is the process for doing this?
  • Suppose you have a largish git repository with many files of different types (both text and images) distributed among a number of nested directories. Parallel development has occurred on two branches, each editing, creating, and removing files at various points within the directory tree.
  • Now you want to merge the two branches, reviewing each of the edits to ensure that the correct information is preserved to maintain the desired content and functionality from each of the two branches.
  • What is the process for doing this?