How do I fix a Corrupted csproj file?

Question

I'm in a group working on a project, and was about to Rebase my branch with the new updates from master-branch using git. When rebase started, it suddenly breaks down and gives me this error message:

The project file could not be loaded. Name cannot 
begin with the '<' character, hexadecimal value 0x3C.
Line 173, position 2.

The "csproj" file seems to be corrupted. How can i fix this? The problem looks like this:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="App_Start\BundleConfig.cs" />
    <Compile Include="App_Start\FilterConfig.cs" />
    <Compile Include="App_Start\IdentityConfig.cs" />
    <Compile Include="App_Start\RouteConfig.cs" />
    <Compile Include="App_Start\Startup.Auth.cs" />
    <Compile Include="App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\AccountController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\CategoryController.cs" />
<<<<<<< HEAD
    <Compile Include="Controllers\GalleryController.cs" />
=======
    <Compile Include="Controllers\CheckoutController.cs" />
>>>>>>> Checkout Works. something wrong with Authorization. No need be logged
    <Compile Include="Controllers\HomeController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\ManageController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\PhotoController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\ShoppingCartController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\StoreController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Controllers\StoreManagerController.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Global.asax.cs">
      <DependentUpon>Global.asax</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>

Answer 1

Just delete below type of text's in csproj file

***<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

---------Mine

'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>***

And reload project again it will work.

Answer 2

I agree Chrisaboo. The problem is in the project file. Whenever you update your solution in Visual Studio, there is a possibility of a merge conflict. You can resolve this by comparing your project file with the previous version and eliminating the differences in a text editor or the version control tool. This resolved the issue for me.

It is recommended to update the project on a folder level in Visual Studio rather than the solution level.