How should I reroll a merge request that has merge conflicts for a contrib module issue?

1. How do you cancel merging if there are conflicts?
2. Can merge conflicts be resolved?
3. What happens if you get a conflict during a merge?
4. How do I revert a merge in git?
5. What is a merge conflict in git and how can it be resolved?
6. What causes a merge conflict?
7. What are the 5 conflict management strategies?

How do you cancel merging if there are conflicts?

Use git-reset or git merge --abort to cancel a merge that had conflicts. Please note that all the changes will be reset, and this operation cannot be reverted, so make sure to commit or git-stash all your changes before you start a merge.

Can merge conflicts be resolved?

When you have merge conflicts, you can't click the Merge button from the pull request to merge. To resolve these conflicts, you pull the changes to your local repository and fix them there.

What happens if you get a conflict during a merge?

A merge conflict is an event that occurs when Git is unable to automatically resolve differences in code between two commits. When all the changes in the code occur on different lines or in different files, Git will successfully merge commits without your help.

How do I revert a merge in git?

In case you are using the Tower Git client, undoing a merge is really simple: just press CMD+Z afterwards and Tower will undo the merge for you!

What is a merge conflict in git and how can it be resolved?

If Developer A tries to edit code that Developer B is editing a conflict may occur. To alleviate the occurrence of conflicts developers will work in separate isolated branches. The git merge command's primary responsibility is to combine separate branches and resolve any conflicting edits.

What causes a merge conflict?

Often, merge conflicts happen when people make different changes to the same line of the same file, or when one person edits a file and another person deletes the same file. You must resolve all merge conflicts before you can merge a pull request on GitHub.

What are the 5 conflict management strategies?

According to the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), used by human resource (HR) professionals around the world, there are five major styles of conflict management—collaborating, competing, avoiding, accommodating, and compromising.