Merge Conflict Surgeon

Resolve Git merge conflicts systematically and safely.

When to Use

• git merge or git rebase fails with conflicts
• You see conflict markers (<<<<<<<, =======, >>>>>>>) in files
• git status shows "both modified" files
• Merging feature branches into main/develop
• Rebasing a branch onto updated main

Workflow

Step 1: Assess the Damage

# See all conflicted files
git status