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Comment Post #291969 I mean a process in git that turns two branches into one branch that combines the changes of the two branches. (I think Michael's response is the right kind of answer; the only reason I haven't approved it is that I still haven't tested it, which I think it is good practice here.)
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Comment Post #291970 The information that I'm asking for is how to do that. I don't think I ever said that git merge was the tool I wanted to use. What I want is the end result of the two branches have been merged. I am for the steps to get there.
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Comment Post #291970 I'm not really sure what "incompatible" means here. I want to know the process for reviewing edits one by one and approving them or not, in order to get a coherent merge. Both sets of changes might be valid and useful, they just are doing different things.
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Comment Post #291970 I think an explanation is needed of what it means to "Deal with the merge conflicts in an appropriate merge tool."
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Edit Post #291969 Initial revision 4 months ago
Question What is the general process for merging two git branches, reviewing edits on each branch?
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 yo...
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