Re: Now What?

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