

This occurs because you have committed changes that are in conflict with someone else's committed changes. (Changes in working directory)Įrror: Entry '' would be overwritten by merge. The error messages are as follows:Įrror: Entry '' not uptodate. You need to modify or stash the files it lists and then try to do a git pull again. If this happens, there are no merge conflicts in individual files. This occurs because git knows there are changes in either your working directory or staging area that could be written over by the files that you are merging in. There are 2 ways in which git merge (or a git pull, which is a git fetch and then a git merge) can fail:

5 A GitHub test repository to experiment with conflicts.4.2 Git is unable to resolve a merge/pull.3.3 Tools specifically for when git conflicts arise during a merge.3.2 Tools specifically for when git refuses to start merge.3 Tools to help you resolve both types of merge conflicts.2.4 What do I do after I've resolved conflicts in all affected files?.2.3 How do I resolve a merge conflict in a file?.2.2 How do I find conflicts within the file itself?.2.1 How do I know which files have conflicts in them?.

2 Common questions for when git fails during the merge.
