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error: Your local changes to the following files would be o…

Error message

error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge

What broke

The error occurs when you attempt to merge branches while having uncommitted changes in your working directory. Git prevents the merge to avoid losing your local modifications.

Why it broke

It broke because Git is designed to protect your local changes from being overwritten by incoming changes. If you proceed with the merge, your uncommitted changes could be lost.

How to fix

To resolve this, you can either commit your local changes or stash them before performing the merge. If you choose to stash, you can apply the stashed changes after the merge is complete.

Code fix

git add . && git commit -m 'Save local changes'  // or // git stash && git merge origin/branch-name && git stash pop

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Prevention tip

If you choose to stash, you can apply the stashed changes after the merge is complete.

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