From: Gary Macbook Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:06:21 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Recovering file by checking out old version of that file X-Git-Url: https://nsweb.tn.tudelft.nl/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=efdb66d35e835c6677a7335de613524dd83d983a;p=test.git Recovering file by checking out old version of that file --- diff --git a/test1.txt b/test1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a93cf0d --- /dev/null +++ b/test1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +This will be my test file. User2 has added some text. User2 add some more text. USER1 non-conflict edit. USER1 edit again. + +The second line USER2 ADDED TEXT will be the one that should trigger a conflict. + +The thrid line will remain unchanged. USER2 non-conflict text. USER2 edit again. + +User2 is going to just add a line, then he will want to regect all of user1's changes and put his version back into the repository. There is probably a fancy and super-complicated "git merge" way of doing this, but since it probably won't come up very often, I would suggest you just manually make a backup of the file, do a pull, overwrite the new file, and do a commit.