Troubleshooting common issues

Developing problem-solving skills for Git is crucial for maintaining a smooth workflow. This section will help you identify and resolve common issues that may arise during development.

Common issues and solutions

Here are some common issues and how you might solve them.

Merge conflicts

These occur when changes from different branches conflict with each other.

• Identification: Git will notify you of conflicts during a merge.
• Resolution:
  1. Open the conflicting files and manually resolve the conflicts.
  2. Use git add to stage the resolved files.
  3. Complete the merge with git commit.

Detached HEAD state

This happens when HEAD points to a commit instead of a branch.

• Identification: Git will indicate that you are in a detached HEAD state.
• Resolution:
  1. Create a new branch from the detached HEAD state with git checkout -b <new-branch-name>.
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