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Merge conflict

git merge combines another branch with the current branch. It can move the branch pointer directly or create a merge commit, depending on the history and selected options.

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Syntax

git merge [<options>] [<commit>...]

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Source: Git - git-merge Documentation. Checked 2026-11-03.