Cannot checkout file is unmerged

Question

I am trying to remove the file from my working directory but after using the following command   git checkout file Name txt   I got the following error message  error  path  first Name txt  is unmerged   What is that and how to resolve it   Following is my git status     git status On branch master You are currently reverting commit f200bf5     fix conflicts and run  git revert --continue      use  git revert --abort  to cancel the revert operation   Unmerged paths     use  git reset HEAD  lt file gt      to unstage     use  git add  lt file gt      to mark resolution           both modified       first file txt  Untracked files     use  git add  lt file gt      to include in what will be committed           explore california   no changes added to commit  use  git add  and or  git commit -a

User · Accepted Answer

To remove tracked files  first file txt  from git   git rm first file txt   And to remove untracked files  use   rm -r explore california

User · Answer

status tell you what to do   Unmerged paths     use  git reset HEAD  lt file gt      to unstage     use  git add  lt file gt      to mark resolution    you probably applied a stash or something else that cause a conflict   either add  reset  or rm

User · Answer

Following is worked for me  git reset HEAD   I was getting following error  git stash src config php  needs merge src config php  needs merge src config php  unmerge 230a02b5bf1c6eab8adce2cec8d573822d21241d  src config php  unmerged  f5cc88c0fda69bf72107bcc5c2860c3e5eb978fa    Then i ran   git reset HEAD   it worked

User · Answer

If you want to discard modifications you made to the file  you can do   git reset first Name txt git checkout first Name txt

User · Answer

I don t think execute   git rm first file txt   is a good idea    when git notice your files is unmerged  you should ensure you had committed it  And then open the conflict file   cat first file txt fix the conflict   4   git add file  git commit -m  fix conflict    5      git push  it should works for you

User · Answer

i resolved by doing below 2 easy steps   step 1  git reset Head step 2  git add

User · Answer

In my case  I found that I need the -f option  Such as the following   git rm -f first file txt   to get rid of the  needs merge  error

[git] Cannot checkout, file is unmerged

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