人生不如意之事十之八九，合并分支往往也不是一帆风顺的。
准备新的feature1分支，继续我们的新分支开发：
$ git checkout -b feature1 Switched to a new branch 'feature1'
修改readme.txt最后一行，改为：
Creating a new branch is quick AND simple.
在feature1分支上提交：
$ git add readme.txt $ git commit -m "AND simple" [feature1 14096d0] AND simple 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
切换到master分支：
$ git checkout master Switched to branch 'master' Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Git还会自动提示我们当前master分支比远程的master分支要超前1个提交。
在master分支上把readme.txt文件的最后一行改为：
Creating a new branch is quick & simple.
提交：
$ git add readme.txt $ git commit -m "& simple" [master 5dc6824] & simple 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
现在，master分支和feature1分支各自都分别有新的提交，变成了这样：
这种情况下，Git无法执行“快速合并”，只能试图把各自的修改合并起来，但这种合并就可能会有冲突，我们试试看：
$ git merge feature1 Auto-merging readme.txt CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in readme.txt Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
果然冲突了！Git告诉我们，readme.txt文件存在冲突，必须手动解决冲突后再提交。git status也可以告诉我们冲突的文件：
$ git status On branch master Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 2 commits. (use "git push" to publish your local commits) You have unmerged paths. (fix conflicts and run "git commit") (use "git merge --abort" to abort the merge) Unmerged paths: (use "git add <file>..." to mark resolution) both modified: readme.txt no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
我们可以直接查看readme.txt的内容：
Git is a distributed version control system. Git is free software distributed under the GPL. Git has a mutable index called stage. Git tracks changes of files. <<<<<<< HEAD Creating a new branch is quick & simple. ======= Creating a new branch is quick AND simple. >>>>>>> feature1
Git用<<<<<<<，=======，>>>>>>>标记出不同分支的内容，我们修改如下后保存：
Creating a new branch is quick and simple.
再提交：
$ git add readme.txt $ git commit -m "conflict fixed" [master cf810e4] conflict fixed
现在，master分支和feature1分支变成了下图所示：
用带参数的git log也可以看到分支的合并情况：
$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit * cf810e4 (HEAD -> master) conflict fixed |\ | * 14096d0 (feature1) AND simple * | 5dc6824 & simple |/ * b17d20e branch test * d46f35e (origin/master) remove test.txt * b84166e add test.txt * 519219b git tracks changes * e43a48b understand how stage works * 1094adb append GPL * e475afc add distributed * eaadf4e wrote a readme file
最后，删除feature1分支：
$ git branch -d feature1 Deleted branch feature1 (was 14096d0).
工作完成。
小结
当Git无法自动合并分支时，就必须首先解决冲突。解决冲突后，再提交，合并完成。
解决冲突就是把Git合并失败的文件手动编辑为我们希望的内容，再提交。
用git log --graph命令可以看到分支合并图。