git-rerere - Linux

Overview

git-rerere (Reuse Recording** Edit** Recorder) automates resolving merge conflicts by recording and reusing user-provided resolutions. Its primary purpose is to simplify and expedite the merge conflict resolution process, especially in large or frequently merged codebases.

Syntax

git rerere [--strategy STRATEGY] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--signoff] [--autostash]

Options/Flags

• –strategy STRATEGY: Specifies the merge conflict resolution strategy to use. Default is "ours".
• –committer-date-is-author-date: Sets the committer date to the same as the author date.
• –signoff: Signs off the resolved commit.
• –autostash: Automatically stashes changes before resolving conflicts and pops the stash after the resolution.

Examples

Simple Conflict Resolution

git merge origin/main
git rerere

Committing Resolved Changes

git merge origin/main
git rerere resolve all
git commit # Commits the resolved changes

Automatically Signing Off

git merge origin/main
git rerere --signoff resolve all
git commit # Commits the signed-off resolved changes

Common Issues

• Conflict resolution not applied: Ensure git-rerere is configured with the desired resolution strategy.
• Stash conflict: Resolve conflicts before unstashing changes.
• Merge not clean: Commit changes after git-rerere has resolved all conflicts.

Integration

git-rerere can be used with the following commands:

• git-merge: Resolve merge conflicts using git-rerere.
• git-pull: Automatically resolve conflicts when pulling changes.

Related Commands

• git-merge: Merges branches.
• git-stash: Stashes changes.
• git-commit: Commits changes.