redguardtoo / test-git-mergetool

toy project to test git mergetool

General

Branches chen and bob has edit conflict on hello.txt and bye.txt.

They are not merged to master branch yet.

Branch indent-only only change white spaces of certain line.

Instructions

Prepare to call your mergetool

• Clone this repository and enter the folder
• Type git fetch --all && git branch -a to see all branches including remotes

Create conflicts by merge both Bob and Chen’s code

• Go to master branch and make sure it’s in original status
• Type git merge origin/bob && git merge origin/chen. This will cause conflicts.
• Make sure your mergetool is configured, e.g. in ~/.gitconfig.
• Type git mergetool to test your setup.

Resolve conflicts but ignore all white spaces when comparing lines

• Go to master branch and make sure it’s in original status
• Type git merge origin/indent-only && git merge origin/chen. This will cause conflicts.
• Make sure your mergetool is configured, e.g. in ~/.gitconfig.
• Type git mergetool to test your setup.
• Go back to the first step. This time try run git merge -Xignore-all-space instead