Git Merging for Dummies

There are a few step to merge git branches. This is a quick start guide so you don't repeat my mistakes...

Quick Start Guide

Steps

1. Run git pull --all to get the most up to date copy of all branches.

2. Run git checkout parent_branch to switch to parent_branch.

3. Run git merge origin/child_branch to pull child_branch into parent_branch.

4. Run git push to update parent_branch with the changes from child_branch on github.

Key

• parent_branch: the branch that you want to merge into. This will contain the latest versions of both branches at the end.
• child_branch: the branch that you want to put into parent_branch. This branch will stay unchanged.

Notes

• You can see all the branches by running git branch --all.

• If you're lucky, you won't have any merge conflicts and the merge will happen automagically. However, if you see something mentioning conflicts, don't be alarmed. Just modify/delete the files that git had a problem with and then commit and push.