Resolve Merge Conflicts

Use this skill when merging origin/main into a branch, especially when the only conflicts are generated .github/workflows/*.lock.yml files.

One-step path

From the repository root, run:

bash
./.github/skills/resolve-merge-conflicts/resolve.sh origin/main

The command works both before a merge and after another command has stopped on conflicts. It:

1. Starts the merge with --no-commit, or resumes the current merge.
2. Refuses to auto-resolve if any conflict is not a workflow .lock.yml.
3. Runs make recompile once so generated files come from the merged Markdown.
4. Stages the regenerated conflicting lock files.
5. Verifies that no unresolved paths or whitespace errors remain.

The script does not fetch, commit, push, abort, or edit workflow Markdown. Refresh origin/main first only when credentials are available. After success, review the staged merge, run the repository's final validation gate, then commit and push.

Safety rules

• Never choose ours or theirs for compiled lock files; regenerate them.
• Never manually remove conflict markers from .lock.yml files.
• Never auto-resolve a source .md, Go, JavaScript, or other mixed conflict.
• If the script refuses a mixed conflict, resolve source conflicts on their

merits, stage them, and rerun the same command. It will regenerate the remaining lock conflicts.

• Do not abort an existing merge unless the user explicitly requests it.