How Does Git Merge Work?
The concept of git merging is basically to merge multiple sequences of commits, stored in multiple branches in a unified history, or to be simple you can say in a single branch.
What happens is when we try to merge two branches, git takes two commit pointers and starts searching for a common base commit in those two specified bit branches. When git finds the common base commit it simply creates a “merge commit” automatically and merges each queued merge commit sequence. There is a proper merging algorithm in git, with the help of which git performs all of these operations and presents conflicts if there are any.
Git – Merge
In our case, we have two branches one is the default branch called “main” and the other branch named “dev” and this is how our git repo looks before merging. Here git finds the common base, creates a new merge commit, and merged them.
Git – Merge
A git merge operation is performed by running the below command. When we perform merging, git always merges with the current branch from where we are performing the operation(in our case it is “main”). By this, the branch being merged is not affected.
"git merge <name of the branch to be merged (in our case it is "dev")>".
Git – Merge
Git is an important tool that helps developers manage changes to their codebase. One of the most critical and frequently used commands in Git is merge. Merging allows you to integrate changes from different branches into a single branch, ensuring that all updates are consolidated. In this article, we will see more about git merge command, its syntax, uses, and provide examples to help you understand how to effectively use it in your projects.