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Louise Guy
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Ways to resolve the error – please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary

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I get an error

Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,
especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch.

when trying to pull from a remote repo, I am using Terminal on OS X . How to fix the please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary error? Please give me some advice.

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    The cause: It’s the editor but not a Git error message because git uses your default editor.

    Solution:

    Follow these following steps to solve this:

    1. Press “i” (i for insert)
    2. Write your merge message
    3. Press “esc” (escape)
    4. Write “:wq” (write & quit)
    5. Then press enter
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  2. It’s actually not an error. This means that you need to enter a message to mark the merge.

    My OS is Ubuntu 14.04. You can use the same OS as me by following these steps:

    1. Send us a message

    2. Ctrl

      C

      O

    3. Press the Enter key to enter the file name, such as Merge_feature01

      Enter

    4. Ctrl

      X

      To exit

    If you go to.git, you’ll find the file “Merge_feature01”, which is the actual merge log.

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