How to Solve Squash Failed on GitLab

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So I'm trying to merge one of the major features with lots of changes and merge conflicts then suddenly came out with this error:

Squashing Failed: Squash the commits locally, resolve any conflicts, then push the branch. Try again.

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It's happened to me several times. It took me some time before I gave up with it and get moved on with duplicating my merge requests (and asking for a re-approval from my workmate).

Now, not anymore. So here's how I solve it.

Assume your current work branch is awesome-feat

  • Move back to the base branch, and ensure it's up to date.
git checkout main
git pull
  • Merge squash from the work branch. This shouldn't commit anything, but your previous work will be moved to this branch.
git merge --squash awesome-feat
  • Confirm changes are in your files right now (If you have conflicts, you may need to resolve them first). Then, delete your work branch locally
git branch -D awesome-feat
  • Create a new branch, one with the same name, and checkout.
git branch awesome-feat
git checkout awesome-feat
  • Your current work should be still the same, uncommitted, with a new branch that's clean with recent changes. Commit.
git add .
git commit -m "My new awesome feat"
  • Here's the tricky part: Force push that to your existing MR branch.
    Don't mistake it with the main branch or any other.
git push --set-upstream origin awesome-feat --force

Your merge request should be clean without conflicts and ready to merge ๐ŸŽ‰

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