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Fix merge conflict handling in the rebuild workflow #4191

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Fix detection of merge conflicts outside `lib` in the rebuild workflow
henrymercer Oct 2, 2026
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Fix the rebuild workflow failing when merging the base branch conflicts
henrymercer Oct 2, 2026
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29 changes: 12 additions & 17 deletions .github/workflows/rebuild.yml
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Expand Up @@ -54,32 +54,27 @@ jobs:
run: |
git fetch origin "$BASE_BRANCH"

# Allow merge conflicts in `lib`, since rebuilding should resolve them.
git merge "origin/$BASE_BRANCH"
MERGE_RESULT=$?

if [ "$MERGE_RESULT" -eq 0 ]; then
# Allow merge conflicts in `lib`, since rebuilding should resolve them. Conflicts leave the
# merge in progress, so check for `MERGE_HEAD` to tell them apart from failures that don't.
if git merge "origin/$BASE_BRANCH"; then
echo "Merge succeeded cleanly."
elif [ "$MERGE_RESULT" -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Merge conflicts detected (exit code $MERGE_RESULT), continuing."
else
echo "git merge failed with unexpected exit code $MERGE_RESULT."
exit 1
fi

if [ "$MERGE_RESULT" -ne 0 ]; then
elif git rev-parse --verify MERGE_HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Merge conflicts detected, continuing."
echo "merge-in-progress=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

# Check for merge conflicts outside of `lib`. Disable git diff's trailing whitespace check
# since `node_modules/@types/semver/README.md` fails it.
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if git -c core.whitespace=-trailing-space diff --check | grep --invert-match '^lib/'; then
# Check for merge conflicts outside of `lib`.
CONFLICTS_OUTSIDE_LIB=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U | grep --invert-match '^lib/' || true)
if [ -n "$CONFLICTS_OUTSIDE_LIB" ]; then
echo "Merge conflicts were detected outside of the lib directory. Please resolve them manually."
git -c core.whitespace=-trailing-space diff --check | grep --invert-match '^lib/' || true
echo "$CONFLICTS_OUTSIDE_LIB"
exit 1
fi

echo "No merge conflicts found outside the lib directory. We should be able to resolve all of" \
"these by rebuilding the Action."
else
echo "git merge failed for a reason other than merge conflicts."
exit 1
fi

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