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fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories
$fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories
Analysis
Git refuses to merge two projects that don't share a common ancestor.
Common Triggers
- ●Merging two repositories that were started independently.
- ●Merging a new local repo into an existing remote repo.
Debug Checks
- $Check if both branches have completely different commit histories.
Resolution
1
Allow unrelated histories:
git merge <branch> --allow-unrelated-histories.Metadata
- Tool
- Git
- Severity
- High
- Tags
- #git#merge#history