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US Army Corps of EngineersInstitute for Water Resources, Risk Management Center

Common Scenarios

Scenario: "I accidentally committed to main"

# Undo the commit (keeps changes in working directory)
git reset HEAD~1

# Create proper feature branch
git checkout -b feature/my-fix

# Commit properly
git add .
git commit -m "fix: proper commit message"
git push origin feature/my-fix

# Create PR as normal

Scenario: "My PR has conflicts with main"

# Update the local main
git checkout main
git pull origin main

# Merge main into the feature branch
git checkout feature/your-branch
git merge main

# Resolve conflicts in files
# After resolving:
git add .
git commit -m "merge: resolve conflicts with main"
git push origin feature/your-branch

# Request re-review if conflicts were substantial

Scenario: "I need to make a quick fix to production"

# Create hotfix branch
git checkout -b hotfix/critical-fix

# Make fix and commit
git add .
git commit -m "fix: critical production issue"

# Push and create PR
git push origin hotfix/critical-fix

# Tag after merging
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git tag -a v1.2.4 -m "Hotfix: description"
git push origin v1.2.4

Scenario: "I want to work on someone else's PR"

# Fetch their branch
git fetch origin
git checkout their-feature-branch

# Make changes and commit
git add .
git commit -m "enhancement: improve their feature"
git push origin their-feature-branch

# Comment on PR about the added commits