While doing a git svn rebase, if you have merge conflicts here are some things to remember:
1) If anything bad happens while performing a rebase you will end up on a (no-branch) branch.
2) If you run git status, you’ll see a .dotest file in your working directory. This is safe to ignore.
3) If you want to abort the rebase use the following command.1
git rebase --abort
4) If you have a merge conflict:
- Manually edit the files to resolve the conflicts
- Stage any changes with
git add [file] - Continue the rebase with
git rebase --continue2- If git asks: “did you forget to call
git add?”, then the edits turned the conflict into a no-op change3. Continue withgit rebase --skip
- If git asks: “did you forget to call
You may have to repeat this process until the rebase is complete. At any point you can git rebase --abort to cancel and abandon the rebase.
1: There is no --abort option for git svn rebase.
2: There is no --continue option for git svn rebase.
3: This is very strange, but the files are in a state where git thinks they are the same after that particular patch. The solution is to “skip”
that patch on the rebase.