git - What I can do to resolve "1 commit behind master"?

Question

After pushing I've been seeing this message at remote repository:

1 commit behind master.

This merge has conflicts that must be resolved before it can be committed.

To manually merge these changes into TA20footerLast run the following commands:

git checkout 7c891f50c557

Note: This will create a detached head!

git merge remotes/origin/master

Answer 1

Before you begin, if you are uncomfortable with a command line, you can do all the following steps using SourceTree, GitExtensions, GitHub Desktop, or your favorite tool.

To solve the issue, you might have two scenarios:

1) Fix only remote repository branch which is behind commit

Example: Both branches are on the remote side

ahead === Master branch

behind === Develop branch

Solution:

1. Clone the repository to the local workspace: this will give you the Master branch, which is ahead with commit

   git clone repositoryUrl
   

2. Create a branch with Develop name and checkout to that branch locally

   git checkout -b DevelopBranchName // this command creates and checkout the branch
   

3. Pull from the remote Develop branch. Conflict might occur. if so, fix the conflict and commit the changes.

    git pull origin DevelopBranchName
   

4. Merge the local Develop branch with the remote Develop branch

     git merge origin develop
   

5. Push the merged branch to the remote Develop branch

     git push origin develop
   

2) Local Master branch is behind the remote Master branch

This means every locally created branch is behind.

Before preceding, you have to commit or stash all the changes you made on the branch behind commits.

Solution:

1. Checkout your local Master branch

   git checkout master
   

2. Pull from remote Master branch

   git pull origin master
   

Now your local Master is in sync with the remote branch. As a result of the above command, other local branches branched from the previous local Master branch are not in sync. To fix that:

1. Checkout the branch that is behind your local Master branch

   git checkout BranchNameBehindCommit
   

2. Merge with the local Master branch

   git merge master  // Now your branch is in sync with the local Master branch
   

If this branch is on the remote repository, you have to push your changes.

    git push origin branchBehindCommit