Continuing a rebase with merge conflicts

When you rebase a commit or a branch on top of a different HEAD, you will eventually see a conflict.

If there is a conflict, you will be asked to solve the merge conflict and continue with the rebase using git rebase --continue.

How to do it

We will be creating a commit that adds the same fishtank.txt file on top of the origin/stable-3.1 branch; then, we will try to rebase this on top of the rebaseExample branch we created in the Rebasing commits to another branch section:

1. Check out a branch named rebaseExample2 that tracks origin/stable-3.1:

   $ git checkout -b rebaseExample2 --track origin/stable-3.1
   Checking out files: 100% (212/212), done.
   Branch rebaseExample2 set up to track remote branch stable-3.1 from origin.
   Switched to a new branch 'rebaseExample2'
   

2. Make a commit on the branch.

   $ echo "My Fishtank
   
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   ">fishtank.txt
   $ git add fishtank.txt
   $ git commit -m "My brand new fishtank&quot...