Git : Determine if branch is in a merge conflict state

Question

I am writing a bash script to do some automation. Part of the script involves navigating to a local repo, switching to the local master branch, then pulling the remote master to

Answer 1

Based on the answer given by torek, here is a ready-to-use snippet:

CONFLICTS=$(git ls-files -u | wc -l)
if [ "$CONFLICTS" -gt 0 ] ; then
   echo "There is a merge conflict. Aborting"
   git merge --abort
   exit 1
fi