Xcode Project file git merge conflict

Question

In Xcode, what\'s the best way to avoid Git conflict in the project file? (I am in manual git, not using Xcode interface for git)

I\'ve cloned mapbox-ios-sdk from Github

Answer 1

When this is caused by adding files from two or more collaborators/branches (which in my experience has always been the case to date and can be checked by looking at the diff) I do this:

1. Resolve the conflict by "use ours" or "use theirs" (whichever has added the most files).
2. Commit (this produces a repo that contains all the added files but some are not in the project).
3. Within Xcode use "Add Files To..." to add the missing files from the other collaborator/branch (they are easy to find as they are in the project directory and Xcode usefully highlights them for you).
4. Commit.

(I am not convinced step 2 is really necessary - but feels neater to me).

Answer 2

In most case, you can fix the merge by following code, remove the lines which git adds:

#!/bin/bash
FILE={PRODUCT_NAME}.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
sed '/======/d' $FILE | sed '/<<<<</d' | sed '/>>>>>/d' > temp
cat temp > $FILE
rm temp

but if you rename the group of your project and it leads to conflicts, you will manually delete the extra lines of your original group.