git:conflicts

Git Conflicts

Status

!bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/conflicts/scripts/status.ts

Context

!bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/conflicts/scripts/context.ts

Upstream

!bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/conflicts/scripts/upstream.ts

Three-Way Access

Git stores three versions in staging slots during a conflict:

| Slot | Version | Command | |------|---------|---------| | :1:path | Base (common ancestor) | git show :1:path | | :2:path | Ours (HEAD) | git show :2:path | | :3:path | Theirs (incoming) | git show :3:path |

Resolving

For each conflicted file:

• Read the three slots above to understand base, ours, and theirs.
• Edit the file to produce the correct merged result, then git add it.
• For generated files (lockfiles, build artifacts), delete and regenerate rather than merge by hand. Follow the project's CLAUDE.md for lockfile-specific guidance.
• Never silently drop either side. When in doubt, keep both and ask.
• If a conflict is in a file you don't understand, ask rather than guess.

Committing and Pushing

This step runs only when you are asked to take the operation to completion: the --push argument (its alias push), or a request like "fix conflicts and push". By default, on auto-activation or when asked only to resolve, stop after git add and do not commit, continue, or push.

When driving to completion:

1. Initiate the merge if needed. If no rebase, merge, or cherry-pick is in progress but upstream has diverged, run git merge origin/<default-branch> to surface conflicts. If it merges cleanly, push and finish.
2. Assess complexity before resolving.
3. Simple (generated files only, or fewer than 3 conflicts across 1-2 files with obvious resolutions): proceed.
4. Complex (3+ files, non-trivial code, or ambiguous intent): summarize the conflicts and confirm with the user via AskUserQuestion before resolving.
5. Resolve per the section above.
6. Stash unrelated dirty files. Check git status --porcelain for unstaged changes beyond the resolved conflicts. Try git stash push -m "conflicts: temp" -- <files> for all of them at once. If the stash fails (the sandbox may block unlinking protected files like .mcp.json), stash individually and skip failures. For files that cannot be stashed, hide them with git update-index --assume-unchanged <file>.
7. Continue the operation with git rebase --continue, git merge --continue, or git cherry-pick --continue.
8. Push and restore. Run git push, then restore hidden files with git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file> and git stash pop if anything was stashed.

References

• [rerere.md](references/rerere.md) — Automatic resolution reuse for repeated rebases