(e.g., ‘git pull …’) before pushing again
Use git pull to pull the latest changes from the remote repository to your local repository. In this case, pulling changes will require a merge because you have made changes to your local repository.
I’ll provide an example and a picture to explain. Let’s assume your last pull from origin/branch was at Commit B. You have completed and committed some work (Commit C). At the same time, someone else has completed their work and pushed it to origin/branch (Commit D). There will need to be a merge between these two branches.
1 | local branch: --- Commit C |
Because you are the one that wants to push, Git forces
you to perform the merge. To do so, you must first pull the changes from origin/branch.
1 | local branch: --- Commit C -- Commit E |
After completing the merge, you will now be allowed to fast-forward origin/branch to Commit E by pushing your changes.
Git requires that you handle merges yourself, because a merge may lead to conflicts
.