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Interactive Rebase in Git

Resolving Conflicts During Interactive Rebase

Resolving Conflicts During Interactive Rebase

It’s likely that during an interactive rebase you will encounter merge conflicts. These occur when the changes in the commits you are rebasing conflict with the changes already present in the base branch. Here’s how to effectively resolve these conflicts.

Identifying the Conflict

When Git encounters a conflict during a rebase, it will pause the process and inform you which file(s) have conflicts. The error message will be something like this:

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Resolve the Conflict Manually

  1. Open the conflicted file: Open the file in your favorite text editor or IDE. You will see conflict markers indicating the conflicting sections:

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