When I add my name in the add your certificate file and made a pull request a conflict occurred . How should i resolve this .

[n14rishitha]

[thevijayshankersharma]

Yeah, conflicts will occur anyway because there are many contributors raising PRs. They will merge your PR even if there are conflicts.

[sanjay-kv]

dont worry about the conflicts ,, we will fix it.

[n14rishitha]

Thank you sir

[MastanSayyad]

Hi @n14rishitha,

While @sanjay-kv and their team will handle the merge conflicts, I want totell you why merge conflicts occur and how you can resolve them as a developer and open source contributor.

Merge conflicts arise when multiple changes overlap in the same section of code. This typically happens when someone else makes changes to the same parts of the codebase or any documentation that you are modifying. Conflicts can also occur if the file you're working on is outdated compared to the main branch. You can resolve it by clicking the resolve conflicts button!

To resolve merge conflicts:

• Review the conflicting changes to understand how they overlap.
• Ensure your branch is up to date with the main branch. If it isn't, sync your fork to update your branch with the latest changes from the main repository.
• Manually merge the changes from both sources. Carefully integrate the code to ensure that all desired changes are preserved and no functionality is broken.
• After merging, resolve any conflicts by editing the code as needed. Make sure the code works as intended after resolving conflicts.
• Keep updating your branch to minimize conflicts, especially when multiple pull requests are being merged simultaneously.
• Once conflicts are resolved, tag the repository maintainers to review your changes.

By following these steps, you can effectively manage and resolve merge conflicts in your projects.