Merge conflict resolution

Question

When there\'s a merge conflict in Git, junk like the following is inserted into the conflicting files. Three questions:

1. How do you read these annotations?

Answer 1

There's now a better solution than trying to read the gibberish markers that Git inserts into your files. Kaleidoscope 2, Black Pixel's second release of their diff tool, is now also a merge tool. It's not free, but it works beautifully.

After you install Kaleidoscope 2, it's really simple to integrate with Git. Open Kaleidoscope and from the Menu Bar choose Kaleidoscope > Integration…

Then you'll see this window. Simply choose Git from the left nav and then install the ksdiff command-line tool and then make Kaleidoscope Git's default diff and merge tool.

Finally, once you have a merge conflict in Git, simply go to the command line and execute git mergetool. Now the conflict is easy to read. Enjoy.