Intentionally create Merge Conflict

Question

I have pulled the files from GitHub already. Now I need to create a merge-conflict.

How do I intentionally create a merge conflict on GitHub?

Answer 1

Edit the same line in two branches, and try to merge

Merge conflicts in git happen, when two branches were changed on the same line or in the same content of a file before a merge. If you just extend a file or append something, git usually just figures it out by itself.

Use this code:

#!/bin/bash
mkdir git-repo
cd git-repo
git init
touch my_code.sh
git add my_code.sh
echo "echo Hello" > my_code.sh
git commit -am 'initial'
git checkout -b new_branch
echo "echo \"Hello World\"" > my_code.sh
git commit -am 'first commit on new_branch'
git checkout master
echo "echo \"Hello World!\"" > my_code.sh
git commit -am 'second commit on master'
git merge new_branch

script is from: https://jonathanmh.com/how-to-create-a-git-merge-conflict/

title credits: Alexander O'Mara