I ran into a merge conflict. How do I abort the merge?

git merge --abort is equivalent to git reset --merge when MERGE_HEAD is present. MERGE_HEAD is present when a merge is in progress. Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Collectives ExploreCollectives Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Collectives™onStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. LearnmoreaboutCollectives Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams Iranintoamergeconflict.HowdoIabortthemerge? AskQuestion Asked 13years,11monthsago Modified 1monthago Viewed 2.4mtimes 3037 512 Iusedgitpullandhadamergeconflict: unmerged:some_file.txt Youareinthemiddleofaconflictedmerge. HowdoIabandonmychangestothefileandkeeponlythepulledchanges? gitversion-controlgit-mergegit-merge-conflict Share Follow editedJul11at6:07 MateenUlhaq 21.9k1616goldbadges8383silverbadges124124bronzebadges askedSep19,2008at13:21 GwynMorfeyGwynMorfey 31.6k66goldbadges2424silverbadges2121bronzebadges 3 44 Irealisethisisasuper-oldquestion,butdoyouwanttoabortthewholemerge,andleavethebranchyouweremergingunmerged,orjustignorethisonefileaspartofalargermerge,lettingalltheotherfilesmergeinasnormal?Tome,yourtitleimpliestheformer,yourquestionbodywantsthelatter.Theanswersdoboth,withoutmakingthingsclear. – rjmunro Oct7,2013at11:18 Igotsimilarcaseoncommitsayingthatautomaticmergefailed;fixconflictsandthencommittheresult:[rejected]gh-pages->gh-pages(non-fast-forward) – eQ19 Apr30,2016at17:32 4 Gwyn,itcouldbeusefultoselectanacceptedanswerhere.Thetopvotedoneisabitlesssafethansomeofthemoreuptodatesolutions,soIthinkitwouldhelptohighlightothersoverit:) – Amicable Oct6,2016at13:11 Addacomment  |  15Answers 15 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Trending(recentvotescountmore) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 2625 SinceyourpullwasunsuccessfulthenHEAD(notHEAD^)isthelast"valid"commitonyourbranch: gitreset--hardHEAD Theotherpieceyouwantistolettheirchangesover-rideyourchanges. Olderversionsofgitallowedyoutousethe"theirs"mergestrategy: gitpull--strategy=theirsremote_branch Butthishassincebeenremoved,asexplainedinthismessagebyJunioHamano(theGitmaintainer).Asnotedinthelink,insteadyouwoulddothis: gitfetchorigin gitreset--hardorigin Share Follow editedJun28,2017at19:46 RobinDaugherty 6,60033goldbadges4545silverbadges5353bronzebadges answeredSep19,2008at14:33 PatNotzPatNotz 200k3030goldbadges8989silverbadges9292bronzebadges 12 57 Insteadofdoingahardreset,youcouldbringittoamoregranularlevelbydoing:gitfetchorigin-->gitresetorigin(softreset,yourchangesarestillpresent)-->gitcheckoutfile_to_use_their_version_ofanother_file(steamrollyourownchangesbacktomatchtheorigin)Ineverusegitpullanymore.Sinceinafightbetweenmylatestcodeandtheorigin,theoriginshouldalwayswin,Ialwaysgitfetchandgitrebaseorigin.Thisactuallymakesmymergesandconflictsfewandfarbetween. – Kzqai May13,2010at16:20 7 Iagree.Ialsoliketofetchfirst,andthenexaminetheupstreamchanges(gitlog..@{upstream}orgitdiff..@{upstream}).Afterthat,likeyou,I'llrebasemywork. – PatNotz May14,2010at23:26 203 Asnotedinamorerecentanswer,asofversion1.6.1,itispossibletouse'gitreset--merge' – MattBall Jan23,2012at15:59 5 Iusedgitmerge-Xtheirsremote_branchinsteadofgitpull--strategy=theirsremote_branchastheirslookslikeanoptionofrecursive – mlt Jul2,2012at15:28 52 gitmerge--abortisfarpreferable. – DanielCassidy Feb24,2016at15:48  |  Show7morecomments 2283 Ifyourgitversionis>=1.6.1,youcanusegitreset--merge. Also,as@MichaelJohnsonmentions,ifyourgitversionis>=1.7.4,youcanalsousegitmerge--abort. Asalways,makesureyouhavenouncommittedchangesbeforeyoustartamerge. Fromthegitmergemanpage gitmerge--abortisequivalenttogitreset--mergewhenMERGE_HEADispresent. MERGE_HEADispresentwhenamergeisinprogress. Also,regardinguncommittedchangeswhenstartingamerge: Ifyouhavechangesyoudon'twanttocommitbeforestartingamerge,justgitstashthembeforethemergeandgitstashpopafterfinishingthemergeorabortingit. Share Follow editedJan19,2016at23:31 theTinMan 156k4141goldbadges209209silverbadges295295bronzebadges answeredMar28,2010at23:16 CarlCarl 41.7k1010goldbadges7878silverbadges101101bronzebadges 7 3 Interesting-butthemanualscaresme.Whenexactlyisitappropriatetouse?Whenwouldyouhavetospecifytheoptional?#GitMoment:-o – conny Nov15,2011at4:36 1 You'dtypicallyusethiswhenyouwanttoredothemergefromthestart.Ihaveneverhadtospecifytheoptionalcommitmyself,sothedefault(nooptional)isjustfine. – Carl Nov15,2011at19:53 54 Iwishthisanswerhadmorevotes!Atthispoint,itseemslikethemostrelevantsolutioninmanycases. – JayTaylor Dec7,2011at22:56 1 Evenwithuncommitedchangesgitwasabletorestorethestatebeforethemerge.Nice! – T3rm1 Jun12,2014at11:45 2 Isgitmerge--abortjustasynonymforgitreset--merge?Thenamecertainlymakesmoresense,butdoesithavethesamefunctionality? – TikhonJelvis Jul22,2014at18:37  |  Show2morecomments 622 gitmerge--abort Abortthecurrentconflictresolutionprocess,andtrytoreconstruct thepre-mergestate. Iftherewereuncommittedworktreechangespresentwhenthemerge started,gitmerge--abortwillinsomecasesbeunableto reconstructthesechanges.Itisthereforerecommendedtoalways commitorstashyourchangesbeforerunninggitmerge. gitmerge--abortisequivalenttogitreset--mergewhen MERGE_HEADispresent. http://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-merge Share Follow editedJul16,2015at15:05 HonestAbe 8,02244goldbadges4747silverbadges6262bronzebadges answeredNov12,2012at21:40 ignisignis 8,44222goldbadges2121silverbadges2020bronzebadges 1 20 Thishasbeenavailablesincegitv1.7.4.It'sanaliasforgitreset--merge. – MichaelJohnson Apr24,2013at15:41 Addacomment  |  115 Ithinkit'sgitresetyouneed. Bewarethatgitrevertmeanssomethingverydifferentto,say,svnrevert-inSubversiontherevertwilldiscardyour(uncommitted)changes,returningthefiletothecurrentversionfromtherepository,whereasgitrevert"undoes"acommit. gitresetshoulddotheequivalentofsvnrevert,thatis,discardyourunwantedchanges. Share Follow editedMay30,2011at15:47 PeterMortensen 30.3k2121goldbadges100100silverbadges124124bronzebadges answeredSep19,2008at13:25 DavidPreciousDavidPrecious 6,51311goldbadge2222silverbadges3030bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  82 Forgit>=1.6.1: gitmerge--abort Forolderversionsofgit,thiswilldothejob: gitreset--merge or gitreset--hard Share Follow editedAug3,2020at18:13 DielsonSales 1,64511goldbadge2222silverbadges2424bronzebadges answeredJun26,2020at5:36 HanzlaHabibHanzlaHabib 2,9722222silverbadges2525bronzebadges Addacomment  |  79 Inthisparticularusecase,youdon'treallywanttoabortthemerge,justresolvetheconflictinaparticularway. Thereisnoparticularneedtoresetandperformamergewithadifferentstrategy,either.Theconflictshavebeencorrectlyhighlightedbygitandtherequirementtoaccepttheothersideschangesisonlyforthisonefile. Foranunmergedfileinaconflictgitmakesavailablethecommonbase,localandremoteversionsofthefileintheindex.(Thisiswheretheyarereadfromforuseina3-waydifftoolbygitmergetool.)Youcanusegitshowtoviewthem. #commonbase: gitshow:1:_widget.html.erb #'ours' gitshow:2:_widget.html.erb #'theirs' gitshow:3:_widget.html.erb Thesimplestwaytoresolvetheconflicttousetheremoteversionverbatimis: gitshow:3:_widget.html.erb>_widget.html.erb gitadd_widget.html.erb Or,withgit>=1.6.1: gitcheckout--theirs_widget.html.erb Share Follow editedMar25,2010at11:54 answeredSep20,2008at10:41 CBBaileyCBBailey 710k9999goldbadges621621silverbadges648648bronzebadges 4 5 thanksforthehint.doesn'tthissmackofapoorgituserinterface,though? – Peter Jan12,2010at8:30 @Peter:I'mnotconvinced.Thedesiredresultisachievablewithafewbasiccommandswithsimpleoptions.Whatimprovementswouldyousuggest? – CBBailey Mar25,2010at11:58 10 Ithinkthegit1.6.1commandmakesalotofsense,andisgood.That'sexactlywhatIwouldhavewanted.Ithinkthepre-1.6.1solutionisinelegantandrequiresknowledgeaboutotherpartsofgitthatshouldbeseparatedfromthemergeresolutionprocess.Butthenewversionisgreat! – Peter Mar27,2010at20:51 Well,withoutcommentingonwhetherit's"poor"ornot,letmesaythatIwouldneverhaveguessedthatasyntaxinvolving'show'and:1:,:2:,and:3:wasthewaytorecoverthebaseandtwo"tip"files,butIamimmenselygladtoknowofthistechnique,so:thankyouverymuch! – SteveSummit Mar8at0:28 Addacomment  |  72 Youcaneitherabortthemergestep: gitmerge--abort elseyoucankeepyourchanges(onwhichbranchyouare) gitcheckout--oursfile1file2... otherwiseyoucankeepotherbranchchanges gitcheckout--theirsfile1file2... Share Follow answeredNov26,2020at9:20 DARK_C0D3RDARK_C0D3R 1,7991515silverbadges2121bronzebadges Addacomment  |  59 Commentssuggestthatgitreset--mergeisanaliasforgitmerge--abort.Itisworthnoticingthatgitmerge--abortisonlyequivalenttogitreset--mergegiventhataMERGE_HEADispresent.Thiscanbereadinthegithelpformergecommand. gitmerge--abortisequivalenttogitreset--mergewhenMERGE_HEADispresent. Afterafailedmerge,whenthereisnoMERGE_HEAD,thefailedmergecanbeundonewithgitreset--merge,butnotnecessarilywithgitmerge--abort.Theyarenotonlyoldandnewsyntaxforthesamething. Personally,Ifindgitreset--mergemuchmorepowerfulforscenariossimilartothedescribedone,andfailedmergesingeneral. Share Follow editedJan22,2020at11:47 answeredApr2,2015at12:16 MartinGMartinG 16.2k99goldbadges8080silverbadges9393bronzebadges 5 2 whatishereactuallymeantby"failedmerge"?Mergewithconflictsorsomethingelse?Ortorephraseit:whenisMERGE_HEADnotpresent?Myfollow-upquestionistheretounderstandbetteruseof"gitreset--merge". – Ewoks Sep28,2015at8:14 1 @Ewoksgitstashapplycausedamergeconflictformebutgitmerge--abortdidnothelpwhilegitreset--mergedid. – nitzel Dec6,2018at14:34 1 Hadtousethistoresolveafailedmerge,IhadnoMERGE_HEADforsomereasonsogitmerge--abortdidn'twork. – BjornW Mar20,2021at15:43 Headsuptoanyoneelseconsideringthis:MERGE_HEADisnotpresentwhenyourmergehappenedbecauseofstashpop;andreset--mergewilldeleteyouruntrackedfiles.Seestackoverflow.com/a/67099267/1623757 – Luis Oct21,2021at19:39 1 WhatIneededafterafailedmergefromatagtomaster... – Kheldar Dec8,2021at11:14 Addacomment  |  30 Ifyouendupwithmergeconflictanddoesn'thaveanythingtocommit,butstillamergeerrorisbeingdisplayed.Afterapplyingallthebelowmentionedcommands, gitreset--hardHEAD gitpull--strategy=theirsremote_branch gitfetchorigin gitreset--hardorigin Pleaseremove .git\index.lock File[cutpastetosomeotherlocationincaseofrecovery]andthenenteranyofbelowcommanddependingonwhichversionyouwant. gitreset--hardHEAD gitreset--hardorigin Hopethathelps!!! Share Follow editedJan22,2020at10:44 Geo 2,00111goldbadge1010silverbadges1919bronzebadges answeredApr10,2018at21:26 NiravMehtaNiravMehta 6,76399goldbadges4141silverbadges5151bronzebadges Addacomment  |  21 Analternative,whichpreservesthestateoftheworkingcopyis: gitstash gitmerge--abort gitstashpop Igenerallyadviseagainstthis,becauseitiseffectivelylikemerginginSubversionasitthrowsawaythebranchrelationshipsinthefollowingcommit. Share Follow answeredJul13,2010at18:57 AlainO'DeaAlainO'Dea 20k11goldbadge5353silverbadges7878bronzebadges 4 IfoundthisapproachusefulwhenIaccidentallymergedtoagit-svnbranch,whichdoesn'thandlethatnicely.Squashmergesorcherrypicksarebetterwhenworkingwithgit-svntrackingbranches.Ineffectmysolutionturnsamergeintoasquashmergeafterthefact. – AlainO'Dea Jul13,2010at18:58 1 Bestanswertothequestion – FouadBoukredine Feb29,2020at1:36 Howwouldthisbedifferenttoasoftreset?Asoftresetalsoresetstherepositorytoheadbutdoesn'ttouchtheworkingcopy. – Mecki Sep4,2020at14:53 Yes,butdoes"gitreset--softsomeref"springtomindwhenyourgoalis"HowcanIabortthemerge?".Howdoyouknowwhattouseforsomeref?Hence"gitmerge--abort"whichdoestherightthingandisobviouslynamedwhichisrefreshingforGit. – AlainO'Dea Sep4,2020at14:56 Addacomment  |  18 SinceGit1.6.1.3gitcheckouthasbeenabletocheckoutfromeithersideofamerge: gitcheckout--theirs_widget.html.erb Share Follow editedJul23,2014at17:45 PeterMortensen 30.3k2121goldbadges100100silverbadges124124bronzebadges answeredJul17,2010at1:29 AlainO'DeaAlainO'Dea 20k11goldbadge5353silverbadges7878bronzebadges Addacomment  |  14 MightnotbewhattheOPwanted,butformeItriedtomergeastablebranchtoafeaturebranchandthereweretoomanyconflicts. Ididn'tmanagetoresetthechangessincetheHEADwaschangedbymanycommits,Sotheeasysolutionwastoforcecheckouttoastablebranch. youcanthencheckouttotheotherbranchanditwillbeasitwasbeforethemerge. gitcheckout-fmaster gitcheckoutside-branch Share Follow answeredJul29,2021at12:56 DanielDaniel 1,66444silverbadges1515bronzebadges Addacomment  |  4 Toavoidgettingintothissortoftroubleonecanexpandonthegitmerge--abortapproachandcreateaseparatetestbranchbeforemerging. Case:Youhaveatopicbranch,itwasn'tmergedbecauseyougotdistracted/somethingcameup/youknowbutitis(orwas)ready. Nowisitpossibletomergethisintomaster? Workinatestbranchtoestimate/findasolution,thenabandonthetestbranchandapplythesolutioninthetopicbranch. #Checkoutthetopicbranch gitcheckouttopic-branch-1 #Createa_test_branchontopofthis gitcheckout-btest #Attempttomergemaster gitmergemaster #Ifitfailsyoucanabandonthemerge gitmerge--abort gitcheckout- gitbranch-Dtest#wedon'tcareaboutthisbranchreally... Workonresolvingtheconflict. #Checkoutthetopicbranch gitcheckouttopic-branch-1 #Createa_test_branchontopofthis gitcheckout-btest #Attempttomergemaster gitmergemaster #resolveconflicts,runitthroughtests,etc #then gitcommit #You*could*nowevencreateaseparatetestbranchontopofmaster #andseeifyouareabletomerge gitcheckoutmaster gitcheckout-bmaster-test gitmergetest Finallycheckoutthetopicbranchagain,applythefixfromthetestbranchandcontinuewiththePR. Lastlydeletethetestandmaster-test. Involved?Yes,butitwon'tmesswithmytopicormasterbranchuntilI'mgoodandready. Share Follow editedJul4,2021at12:30 marc_s 710k170170goldbadges13111311silverbadges14291429bronzebadges answeredJun10,2021at7:27 sastorslsastorsl 1,8431414silverbadges1616bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3 Ifoundthefollowingworkedforme(revertasinglefiletopre-mergestate): gitreset*currentBranchIntoWhichYouMerged*--*fileToBeReset* Share Follow answeredOct31,2017at0:56 MalcolmBoekhoffMalcolmBoekhoff 9421010silverbadges77bronzebadges Addacomment  |  -11 Sourcetree Becauseyounotcommityourmerge,thenjustdoubleclickonanotherbranch(whichmeancheckoutit)andwhensourcetreeaskyouaboutdiscardingallchangesthenagree. Note ThisanswerisaddressedtothosewhouseSourceTreeasgitclient. Share Follow editedNov28,2021at15:41 Nimantha 6,51566goldbadges2323silverbadges6060bronzebadges answeredFeb21,2020at16:19 KamilKiełczewskiKamilKiełczewski 74.1k2626goldbadges335335silverbadges305305bronzebadges 3 2 TheOPisobviouslyusingthecommandline.Thereiszerovaluetoyourpost. – AdrianBartholomew Dec15,2020at19:52 IagreethatthisisobviousthatOPusecommandline-butpeoplewhonotusecommandlinebutsourcetreeandhavesimilarproblemfindthisquestionatthetopingoogle(likeI)-soforsuchpersonsthisanswerhasvalue-thisiswhyIleftithere:) – KamilKiełczewski Dec15,2020at22:33 Noreallybecauseamergeconflictcouldbefordifferentreasons.NeverthelessbehindwhatyoudoonGUIinSourceTree,arerunningcommandlinecommand.OntopIwouldsaybecarefulwithGUIbecauseanyunexpectedsuchlowinternetconnectionwillcauseyourGUItogooutofsyncwithgitindexandyoumayfaceacorruptedflowwithagit.lockthatishardto"fix"excepttoremoveit,andabortthemergeconflict – CarmineTambascia Feb16at9:08 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgitversion-controlgit-mergegit-merge-conflictoraskyourownquestion. TheOverflowBlog Ahistoryofopen-sourcelicensingfromalawyerwhohelpedblazethetrail... Thelasttechnicalinterviewyou’llevertake FeaturedonMeta PlannedmaintenancescheduledforTuesday,August23,2022at00:00-03:00AM... PleasewelcomeValuedAssociate#1301-Emerson StagingGroundWorkflow:QuestionLifecycle AnnouncingDesignAccessibilityUpdatesonSO Shouldweburninatethe[maintenance]tag? Linked 14 SourceTreeGIT-Howtocancelamerge 11 git:error:youneedtoresolveyourcurrentindexfirst 6 WhydoIhave(master|MERGING)onthecommandlineandhowdoIgetridofit? 5230 HowdoIresolvemergeconflictsinaGitrepository? 926 Howtoundoagitmergewithconflicts 798 Undogitstashpopthatresultsinmergeconflict 255 gitstatusshowsmodifications,gitcheckout--doesn'tremovethem 373 HowdoIfinishthemergeafterresolvingmymergeconflicts? 162 Gitstashpop-needsmerge,unabletorefreshindex 119 GitmergeleftHEADmarksinmyfiles Seemorelinkedquestions Related 7729 HowdoIremovelocal(untracked)filesfromthecurrentGitworkingtree? 3914 Undoingagitrebase 5230 HowdoIresolvemergeconflictsinaGitrepository? 1680 HowcanIselectivelymergeorpickchangesfromanotherbranchinGit? 2041 Howdoyoustashanuntrackedfile? 24643 HowdoIundothemostrecentlocalcommitsinGit? 3313 CommitonlypartofafileinGit 2448 HowdoIshowthechangeswhichhavebeenstaged? 2528 HowdoIsafelymergeaGitbranchintomaster? 1773 ResolveGitmergeconflictsinfavoroftheirchangesduringapull HotNetworkQuestions FantasyinAsimov'smagazine-wordsthatcausebadlucktoanyonewhoreadsthem RadicalIQchallenge StandbytravelonKoreanAirviaICN DartmouthBASICarraydimensionsquestion Whenisb6a#5inmajormode? CanaMastergraduatedstudentbeaparticipantinascientificconference? SplittingcolumnsinTSVintoCSV Findawaytoexpressanevennumberasthesumof2evennumbers WhyarethespeedbrakesontheF-86deployedwhenparked? WhyarebeansIsoakmyselfalwayssmallerthancanned? Is"createnew"notpleonastic? Arethereanyprobabilisticmodelsforthelikelihoodoffindingarogueplanetclosertousthanproximacentauri? Studentkeepsaskingaboutattendancepolicy Diffie-HellmanoverGF(2^128) CannotinstallAndroidEmulatorviaAndroidStudioinMacbookM1Pro Howto(relativelysafely)storeasmallamount(200milliliters)ofgasolineforuptoamonth? WhycanIseedatabelongingtoWindowsfromUbuntu(dual-booted)? WhyisManchintheonlyDemocraticSenatorleveragingthe50/50votesplitforthebenefitoftheirstate? Howtodoinfiniteloopusingdowhileandbreakifsomethingfailed? Areoptimizationresultsstochastic? Whatis'crying'in'Shesawhimcrying.' Whydoesn'tAuthorityoftheConsulspreventthegoblintokenfromDenoftheBugbearfromattacking? Howwasthistextureeffectachieved? HowcanIfindmagicitemsintendedforaspecificclassonD&DBeyond? morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings