Re: Now What?

["Peter Eriksen" <s022018@student.dtu.dk>]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 07:30:37PM -0600, Jon Loeliger wrote:
...
> I think one of the most crucial aspects that needs to be
> covered well is the "Merge Failed" problem.  So, for starters,
> I'd like to get your suggestions on this particular issue.
> I know when I see the dreaded "merge by hand" message I
> often sit and stare, pondering "Now what?"

Here's one I've done too many times:

~/git/git-core]cat .git/remotes/origin
URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
Pull: master:origin

~/git/git-core]git-checkout maint
~/git/git-core]git pull
Unpacking 222 objects
 100% (222/222) done
* committish: 9534f40bc42dd826cc26c8c8c84f6a8a5fc569f6
  branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
* refs/heads/origin: storing branch 'master' of
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
Trying really trivial in-index merge...
fatal: Merge requires file-level merging
Nope.
Trying simple merge.
Simple merge failed, trying Automatic merge.
Auto-merging Documentation/tutorial.txt.
Auto-merging Makefile.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in Makefile.
Auto-merging apply.c.
Auto-merging cache.h.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in cache.h.
Auto-merging clone-pack.c.
Auto-merging connect.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in connect.c.
Auto-merging daemon.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in daemon.c.
Auto-merging debian/changelog.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in debian/changelog.
Auto-merging fetch-pack.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in fetch-pack.c.
Auto-merging git-branch.sh.
Auto-merging git-checkout.sh.
Auto-merging git-clone.sh.
Auto-merging git-cvsimport.perl.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in git-cvsimport.perl.
Auto-merging git-fetch.sh.
Auto-merging git-parse-remote.sh.
Auto-merging git-tag.sh.
Auto-merging quote.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in quote.c.
Auto-merging quote.h.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in quote.h.
Auto-merging refs.c.
Auto-merging rev-list.c.
Auto-merging send-pack.c.
Auto-merging sha1_name.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in sha1_name.c.
Auto-merging upload-pack.c.
merge: warning: conflicts during merge
ERROR: Merge conflict in upload-pack.c.
fatal: merge program failed
Automatic merge failed; fix up by hand

Indeed, what now?

Regards,

Peter