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Resolving a Merge Conflict — The tech lead

Situation

Where
On the team chat
Who
You and the tech lead
Goal
To resolve a merge conflict together.

Conversation

A

roguingamennoburanchidekonfurikutogaokiteshimaimashita.

A conflict came up on the the login screen branch.

B

donofairudesuka. isshonimitemimashou.

Which file? Let's look together.

A

ryouhounohenkouonokoshitainodesuga, dousurebaiidesuka.

I want to keep both changes — how should I do it?

B

temotoderyouhouotorikonde, dousakakuninshitekarakomittoshimashou.

Merge both locally, verify it works, then commit.

A

wakarimashita. yattemimasu.

Got it. I'll try.

Vocabulary

buranchi

branch

A line of development in Git.

konfurikuto

conflict

Conflicting changes during a merge.

torikomu

to pull in / merge

両方を取り込む.

dousakakunin

operation check

Verify it still works.

komittosuru

to commit

Save changes to Git.

temoto

locally / at hand

手元で = "on my machine."

Grammar

Verb te-form + しまいました

Regret over a result: 起きてしまいました.

Verb te-form + から

After: 確認してからコミット.

Cultural Notes

Verify before commit

Always check it works after resolving a conflict.

Pair on tricky merges

Asking to look together is normal, not a weakness.

Quiz

What does "ブランチ" mean?

What does "コンフリクト" mean?

What does "取り込む" mean?

What does "動作確認" mean?

What does "コミットする" mean?

What does "手元" mean?